Transgression and prejudice as a new aesthetics of brazilian right:

the case of Olavo de Carvalho

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Keywords:

Speech, Transgression, New Right

Abstract

This article proposal aims to analyze certain discourses of contemporary figures of the Brazilian right and how they capture their audiences more through the mobilization of values ​​than through informational content. Among the objectives, is also to understand a little better what are the discursive “strategies” that try to legitimize fallacies and absurd theories. For this, we chose as corpus some speeches by the self-styled philosopher Olavo de Carvalho. We chose a video by Olavo de Carvalho, posted on YouTube on September 15, 2019. As a theoretical foundation, we took as a basis the notions of: sociodiscursive imaginaries by Charaudeau (2007); social constructionism; coordination normativity; and some discussions about the transgressive character of the new right addressed by Angela Nagle (2017). We observed in the analyzed speeches that pathos seems to be the privileged rhetorical dimension to the detriment of logos. Values ​​and beliefs replace objective reasons.

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Author Biography

Rafael Angrisano, Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG)

PhD and master in Language Studies from Cefet-MG, specialist in Communication - Images and Media Cultures from UFMG and graduated in Social Communication from PUC Minas. He also has a degree in Portuguese from the Cefet-MG Special Teacher Training Program. He is a federal public servant; works in the Public Relations position at UFMG. As a teacher, he has experience as a trainee and assistant professor at Cefet-MG and PUC Minas. Develops research around areas of knowledge such as Semiotics, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Studies, focusing on televisual editing, television news narratives and the social construction of truth and reality.

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Published

2023-11-03

How to Cite

ANGRISANO, R. Transgression and prejudice as a new aesthetics of brazilian right:: the case of Olavo de Carvalho . Culturas Midiáticas, [S. l.], v. 19, p. 2–17, 2023. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/cm/article/view/64365. Acesso em: 11 may. 2024.