State, Legal Positivism, and Labor: The Deepening of the Machine Age in Digitality and Dehumanization

Authors

  • Eva Cristina Franco Rosa dos Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/lahrs.v6.86327

Keywords:

Legal positivism, Biopower, Dehumanization, Machine, Digitalization, Technologies

Abstract

This text offers a reflection, based on authors from State Theory, Political Science, Political and Legal Philosophy, and legal theory, on the transformations of the modern world that shaped what is here called the “machine age,” as well as on its deepening in the context of contemporary digitalization. It argues that this process intensifies forms of dehumanization associated with biopower and legal formalisms, especially legal positivism.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Eva Cristina Franco Rosa dos Santos

Professor of Law at the Federal University of Southern and Southeastern of Para, Brazil. Holds a PhD in Law from UNISINOS (Brazil), and an MA in History from the Federal University of Goias, Brazil. ORCID: 0000-0003-1194-5125.

Downloads

Published

2026-05-26

Issue

Vol. 6 (2026): Human Rights and the Rationalities of Control

Section

Human Rights and the Rationalities of Control

License

Copyright (c) 2026 Latin American Human Rights Studies

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

CC BY (Attribution 4.0 International): This license allows reusers to distribute, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. See the full license.

Similar Articles

1 2 3 4 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.