Atmospheric fascism: Bolsonarismo as chronopolitics

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica2024.v56.i2.a59314

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Time, Sovereignty, Atmospheres, Far Right.

Abstract

The article employs the concept of atmospheres to analyze bolsonarismo as a chronopolitics, a mode of making time and mobilizing publics through the political climate. Its capacity to generate and manage anxious atmospheres and bodies is addressed through the longitudinal experience of the threat of a coup d’état in Brazil. We examine this political movement’s affinities with modulations of sovereignty/exception associated with populism, fascism, and messianism. We then explore how its violence descends into the ordinary through a mimetic contagion between the Armed Forces, leader, and people. Finally, with an emphasis on the events of September 7, 2021, we highlight how the movement prioritizes pre-objective affects such as threat, readiness, indecision, and preemption - whose lack of precise referents elevates them to true elemental forces.

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Author Biographies

Bruno Reinhardt, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor Adjunto na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Doutor em Antropologia pela University of California.

Letícia Cesarino, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professora Adjunta na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Doutora em Antropologia pela University of California.

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Published

2024-08-01

How to Cite

Reinhardt, B., & Cesarino, L. (2024). Atmospheric fascism: Bolsonarismo as chronopolitics. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia, 56(2). https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica2024.v56.i2.a59314

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