ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AND MAPUCHE SOCIAL PROTEST: A VIEW FROM GOVERNMENTALITY AND SOVEREIGNTY

Abstract

A colonialist logic has marked the historical relationship between Mapuche people and the Chilean State. After the return of democracy, the continuation of private exploitation in disputed territories and the lack of adaptation of State policies to Mapuche worldview, opened the way for organized sectors of this ethnic to radicalize their protest. The reaction of the State to this situation resulted in the implementation of the counter-terrorism act from the beginning of the 21st century. This article seeks to understand this State action based the concepts of "sovereignty" and "governmentality" raised by Foucault. We propose that the counter-terrorism act operates as a device for perpetuating the sovereign model in the framework of a governmental model whose aim is the selective administration and security of the population.