The dispute of the conservative narrative in the labor reform

Abstract

The text proposes to analyze the labor reform as a response of
the (neo) conservative culture, being a rereading of classic conservatism.
First, the matrix of social thought is built, from the emergence of classical
conservatism to the formation of modern conservative thinking. The
theoretical essay approaches the genesis of conservative thinking from the
precursors of Edmund Burke to the new clothing acquired in the modern
period such as Russell Kirk. In a sequel, we examine the conservative
bias and the legislative implications of its influence for the enactment of
the labor reform, with emphasis on the present Brazilian conjuncture of
counter-reforms of the State. The study, therefore, shows how capital used
its convincing strategy to deconstruct the normative body that regulated
the world of work, the ideological form of the governmental discourse
of the legislative and executive powers in the contest of the conservative
narrative in opposition to the critical marxist thought.