The concept of the republic is a complex meta-principle that facilitates and conceals global relations of domination. Specifically, it enables the invisibility of racism as the core of political power. From its very origins the concept of republic serves to seize constituent power or politeia. In modernity, as it merges with private property, it will serve as the launchpad of a vast colonization project that then evolves in a new form of power in coloniality. The article applies the theory of the ‘encryption of power’—to decrypt the historical concept of the republic. In doing so, we will demonstrate the key antidemocratic role it has played at the heart of global coloniality. We will bear witness as to how, from within the concept of republic, a refined mechanism of domination raises and expands, conforming the most magnificent and lethal form of power of our times. We exemplify our theory showing that the concept of ‘republic’ is the common thread between the law that abolished slavery in Brazil (known as Lei Aurea) and the 1988 constitution. Within this scope, we propose a vital space of reconsideration of political ontology through radical democracy as the only means to build the world from immanent difference.

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解密共和国反民主的钥匙

共和的概念是一个复杂的元原则，它促进和隐藏了全球统治关系。具体而言，它使种族主义成为政治权力的核心。共和的概念从其起源开始就是为了夺取制宪权或政治权力。在现代性中，随着它与私有财产的融合，它将成为一个庞大的殖民计划的发射台，然后在殖民统治中以一种新的权力形式发展。文章运用“权力加密”理论——解密共和的历史概念。在这样做时，我们将展示它在全球殖民主义的核心所发挥的关键反民主作用。我们将见证，从共和的概念中，精细化的统治机制是如何产生和扩展的，符合我们这个时代最宏伟、最致命的权力形式。我们举例说明我们的理论，表明“共和”的概念是巴西废除奴隶制的法律（称为 Lei Aurea）与 1988 年宪法之间的共同点。在这个范围内，我们提出了一个通过激进民主重新考虑政治本体的重要空间，作为从内在差异构建世界的唯一手段。