Mês: Julho 2025
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Lightning in a Clear Sky: Bolsonarism in Brazilian Political Thought
Although Bolsonarism presents itself as a legitimate expression of Brazilian national political aspiration — frequently wrapped in patriotic rhetoric and appeals to tradition — a deeper investigation into its ideological foundations reveals a troubling absence of organic continuity with any established political current within Brazil’s historical development. Unlike other movements that emerged as outgrowths of…
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Are There Lessons for Democracy in Budapest’s Pride March?
The path Viktor Orbán took from liberal democracy to democratic illiberalism was neither abrupt nor improvised. It was a cold and calculated march—along the ground cleared by the political merits of populism and the rising tide of illiberal values that Orbán anticipated and, by embracing, helped consolidate. Broadly and clearly, democratic illiberalism rests on a…
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