Pandemic and Capitalist Collapse: A View from Latin America

Abstract

This work presents some of the topics of an open debate about the nature of the present time, which we characterize as collapse, to differentiate it from the structural crises of the capitalist system. We are interested in emphasizing that, in times of COVID-19, the catastrophe has been expanding in the world for a long time, so it is necessary genealogical interpretations that overcome the trap of the novelty. Specifically, the text distinguishes some of the trajectories of the collapse in Latin America. From these, we analyze the forms of governmentality in the context of collapse and the ways in which it is happening during the pandemic in Latin America.