Post-democratic state: Neo-obscurantism and management of the undesirables

The first Brazilian book to analyze how the structure of neoliberalism affects the institutions that should ensure democracy This is an essential book, which subjects Brazilian reality to rigorous criticism and clarifies how the population and state agencies, with special emphasis on the Judiciary, end up being manipulated for the benefit of a small and privileged group. In "Post-Democratic State," Rubens RR Casara hypothesizes that neoliberal logic has undermined the very foundations of the democratic rule of law. In favor of profit, the market, and the circulation of financial capital, limits on the exercise of power and the omnipotence of elites would disappear. The impacts of this change are felt not only in the legal field, but also in society, which progressively begins to naturalize oppression and the removal of fundamental rights. According to Marcia Tiburi: “It is from the premise of the 'false extraordinary character of the moment' that Rubens Casara, author of this book, which is more than necessary for understanding our time, calls us to think about the meaning of democracy itself in market conditions, a substitute for the notion of life in the context of neoliberal reason.”