CRITICISM OF THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE DIFFUSION OF CLIMATE DENIALISM

Abstract

This article intends to understand the sociopolitical impacts of the diffusion of climate denialism in the light of political economy. In this sense, a dialogue was carried out with the concept of “surveillance capitalism” of the American philosopher Shoshana Zuboff, with the informationalism of the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells, with the concept of political economy of the Polish-German philosopher Rosa Luxemburg and the concept of the device of surveillance. power of the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The text uses the hypothetical-deductive methodology, seeking a dialogue between the different theoretical approaches, and with the research of bibliographic review. By understanding climate denialism as a discursive practice that translates into a strategic device with a political-ideological purpose of legitimizing an anti-environmental policy based on neoliberal reason.