Pashukanis’ Marxist critique of the subject of right and fascism: Essential elements for understanding the social relationship between food, the State, and crisis

Abstract

Food and nutrition allow us to reflect critically on human action and the hegemonic model of production (capitalism), and its symbolic plots capable of producing forced servitude. This article seeks to build a debate from Latin America and the Caribbean (laC) in order to think about the articulation between food and neo-fascism based on the crisis of capital’s sociability, and how Pashukanis’ Marxist critique of the subject of rights as a social and historical form is essential for understanding the relations of production of capitalist society (in analysing the commodity form and the exchange process). The article is organised into two parts: the first exposes authoritarianism as a recurring system of leadership in Brazil that has direct implications for food issues; the second looks at the relationship between food and neofascism in recent Brazil. Finally, we leave brief comments on ways to harness strength and produce collective action through revolutionary subjects.