Banca de DEFESA: LUCAS ASSIS SOUZA

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STUDENT : LUCAS ASSIS SOUZA
DATE: 04/09/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Sala de defesa
TITLE:

The idea of communism in bolsonarism and the anti-communist
magnetism.

 

KEY WORDS:

anti-communism, Bolsonarism, communism, far-right

PAGES: 150
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Outras Sociologias Específicas
SUMMARY:

Using the methodology of associative sociology, this dissertation delves into the complexities of its
research object: the idea of communism as perceived by Bolsonarism. Through the concept of anti-
communist magnetism, it proposes a theoretical explanation for the seemingly random behavior of
this phenomenon. The study takes as its starting point the theorizations about communism produced
by Bolsonarists themselves, then proceeds to describe and associate them with other historical
manifestations of anti-communism in Brazil. Finally, it theorizes the structuring of the idea of
communism within Bolsonarism as a framework standardized by historical compositions of common
sense and the status quo. The actors in these compositions are attracted or repelled depending on
whether their nature is, respectively, offensive or pleasing to the status quo and common sense.With
the support of other technical terms from the theoretical apparatus of anti-communist magnetism,
this dissertation argues that Bolsonarism’s idea of communism operates under two parameters: (1)
defining what communism is based on what offends common sense, and (2) defining who
communists are as those who question the maintenance of the traditionalist status quo. This semantic
dynamic arises because anti-communist magnetism is causally rooted in defending the status quo,
while its purpose is the dual task of popularizing the status quo’s preservation and delegitimizing
popular arguments from forces challenging the established order. The theoretical-methodological
framework draws on Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as developed by Bruno Latour, John Law, and
Michel Callon. Historically, the dissertation engages with Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta’s studies on
Brazilian anti-communism.

 

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