Animalidades espectrais: leituras ético-políticas e desconstrução da colonialidade

Abstract

This investigation explores animality on three fronts. First, it revisits Western thought to deconstruct the human-animal division, challenging reason as the sole criterion and exposing the foundations of subalternization. Next, it analyzes the "beast-men" in Ana Paula Maia's literary work, examining how labor and environment shape precarious identities. Literature is viewed as a fictional laboratory where the power dynamics that animalize existence are mapped. Finally, the research connects animality to biopolitical discussions within Afro-Brazilian religions. The entities of macumbas, with their bestial imagery, are interpreted as social representations that deconstruct colonialities, revealing the potency of these manifestations in reinventing subjectivities and resisting hegemonies. The study thus seeks to map strategies of resistance emerging from the intersection of philosophy, literature, and cultural practices inscribed within the arenas of subalternity