O espetáculo e a falência democrática no cenário pandêmico: a recusa ao multilateralismo e a banalização da tragédia pelo Estado brasileiro

Abstract

This study investigates how the scenario of political spectacularization can lead to democratic failure and if, how and why Brazil goes through it. In order to carry out this research, the hermeneutic philosophical method is used. Firstly, concepts of spectacle and democratic failure are examined to apply them to the Brazilian reality under the President Jair Bolsonaro’s government. Then, the concepts of multilateralism and sovereignty within the scenario of political spectacularization are analyzed, in order to understand how the usage of negotiating strategies in foreign policy can influence democracy in Brazil. Finally, with the emergence of SARS-COV-2 pandemic, this study analyzes failures in multilateral negotiation strategies, as well as possible solutions to the pandemic, such as the elaboration of a treaty on pandemics or the creation of an international system on pandemics. This research re-enter the context of Brazilian politics to understand how the political stance adopted by Brazil in the context of the pandemic can affect the country's democracy and underestimate the tragedy experienced by the high number of cases and deaths in the nation. In light of this, one notices a slow and gradual democratic bankruptcy occurring in Brazil that worsens in the trivialized spectacle of the COVID-19 disease pandemic