Bolsonarismo The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right

FERNANDO BRANCOLI

Bolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with uniform practices, Bolsonarismo is marked by fragmentation and a broad variety of ideologies. Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally.

Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the neo-evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues who are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo’s growth in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the farright movement, Jair Bolsonaro’s political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil’s borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world.

FERNANDO BRANCOLI is an associate professor of international security and geopolitics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a research associate at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent books include The Tropical Silk Road: The Future of China in South America (with Paul Amar and Lisa Rofel), Private Security Companies in the Global South, and Arab Spring: Squares, Streets, and Revolts

218 pp 6 x 9

978-1-9788-3855-0 paper $24.95T

978-1-9788-3856-7 cloth $69.95SU

November 2023

Political Science • Latin American Studies

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the Multiple Bodies of Conservatism in Brazil

Chapter 2: Bolsonarismo and the Battle against Globalism: Neoconservatism as a Transnational Alliance

Chapter 3: Moral Geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the Internationalization of Salvation

Chapter 4: Domestic and International Pacification: Militarism, Peacekeeping Operations, and Enemy Formation in Brazil

Chapter 5: Authoritarian Meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an Entrepreneurial Nation, and the Privatization of the Family

Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro—From Institutional New Leaders to Evangelical Paramilitary Groups

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

270 pp 4 color and 25 b/w images

6.125 x 9.25

978-1-9788-2921-3 paper $24.95T

978-1-9788-2922-0 cloth $59.95SS

February 2024

LGBTQ+ Studies • History