Denialism and the extractivist imaginary: uma genealogia do antiambientalismo no Brasil
This essay analyzes the connections between extractivism and denialism in contemporary Brazil, understanding both as complementary expressions of modern colonial rationality. Departing from a critique of the extractivist imaginary—rooted in the heritage of mines and plantations—it discusses how this...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2026 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Recursos: | Revista CHASQUI |
| Repositório: | Revista CHASQUI |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.ciespal.org:article/5277 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistachasqui.org/index.php/chasqui/article/view/5277 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Denialism Anti-environmentalism Extractivism Coloniality Plantation Negacionismo Antiambientalismo Extractivismo Colonialidad Extrativismo Colonialidade |
| Resumo: | This essay analyzes the connections between extractivism and denialism in contemporary Brazil, understanding both as complementary expressions of modern colonial rationality. Departing from a critique of the extractivist imaginary—rooted in the heritage of mines and plantations—it discusses how this regime of land and body dispossession requires, for its maintenance, the production of subjectivities capable of naturalizing destruction. The emergence of denialism, more than a mere deviation of reason, is understood as a psychic, political, and affective device that protects the extractivist order from its potential delegitimization. By denying the impacts of the climate crisis or disqualifying the knowledge of affected peoples, denialism allows the colonial-capitalist project to continue operating under the guise of inevitability. |
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