The rise of Bolsonarism as a reflection of the escalation of authoritarianism in Brazil in the second decade of the 2000s
Authoritarianism. Totalitarianism. Fascism. Populism. Bolsonarism. Democracy.
This thesis aims to characterize Bolsonarism beyond its understanding as a discourse, as a sociological phenomenon, as a phenomenon of public opinion or even as a political ideology, but rather as a structured system of ideas, endowed with intentionality, rationality and autonomy and, in this condition, as a typical and genuine manifestation of authoritarianism, based on the identification of its intrinsic constitutive elements, the factors that gave rise to it (catalysts of the movement and unifiers of its followers) that led to its rise, as well as the tactics and practices adopted by its leaders and adepts, demonstrating which economic, cultural, legal and political variables and factors and which historical, sociological and anthropological categories: a) maintain an intrinsic relationship with it; and b) played a decisive role in the process of its rise as a reflection of the escalation of authoritarianism in Brazil, in the second decade of the 2000s.