Controlar e Imunizar: reflexos da biopolítica contemporânea em Intrusion, de Ken MacLeod
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biopolítica, ficção científica, imunologia, controlo, terrorismoAbstract
No presente artigo examinarei de que forma os sintomas e tribulações dos protagonistas de Intrusion, de Ken MacLeod, nos ajudam a reflectir sobre problemas éticos e questões de poder presentes na nossa sociedade contemporânea. Procurarei, primeiramente, iluminar as estratégias literárias utilizadas na construção da mundividência das personagens. Consequentemente, indagarei se o universo ficcional desta obra poderá verter nova luz sobre as possíveis consequências da convergência entre controlo tecnocrático, manipulação genética e reprodução medicamente assistida. Através de uma abordagem comparatista, que coloca este romance em diálogo com outras obras de ficção científica que o precederam, explorarei, pois, as relações que se estabelecem ao longo da narrativa entre a problemática da eugenia, a retórica do terrorismo, e um tipo de biopolítica que controla os corpos das personagens através de dispositivos de segurança.
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