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      Conspiracy Theory and the Foreign Policy of the Far Right: The Case of Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil (2019-2021) Translated title: A teoria da conspiração e a política externa da Extrema Direita: o Caso do Brasil de Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2021)

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          Abstract This paper analyses the conspiratorial worldview that surrounded the foreign policy of Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Brazil during the tenure of Ernesto Araújo as Brazilian Foreign Minister (2019-2021), discussing the potential roles that conspiracy theory played for Bolsonaro’s political movement and administration. We focus on Ernesto Araújo’s so-called globalist conspiracy theory, employing his speeches, publications, and interviews as main sources. We conclude that Araújo’s globalist conspiracy theory constitutes what Michael Barkun calls a ‘systemic conspiracy theory’, presenting significant potential functions for the energization and cohesion of Bolsonaro’s political movement. The paper also concludes that, given its focus on the intrinsic unit of the ‘nation’ and the ‘people’, Araújo’s globalist conspiracy theory has opened potential avenues for the use of symbolic and material violence against Brazilians who do not fit into this unit, consolidating ideological foundations for the fasciticization of Bolsonaro’s followers, with significant and grave potential consequences for Brazilian democracy.

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          Resumo Este documento analisa a visão conspiratória do mundo que envolveu a política externa do governo de Jair Bolsonaro no Brasil durante o mandato de Ernesto Araújo como Ministro das Relações Exteriores do Brasil (2019-2021), discutindo os papéis potenciais que a teoria da conspiração desempenha para o movimento político e a administração de Bolsonaro. Focalizamos a chamada teoria da conspiração globalista de Ernesto Araújo, empregando seus discursos, publicações e entrevistas como fontes principais. Concluímos que a teoria da conspiração globalista de Araújo constitui o que Michael Barkun chama de “teoria da conspiração sistêmica”, apresentando funções potenciais significativas para a energização e coesão do movimento político de Bolsonaro. O documento também conclui que, dado seu foco na unidade intrínseca da “nação” e do “povo”, a teoria da conspiração globalista de Araújo abriu vias potenciais para o uso da violência simbólica e material contra os brasileiros que não se encaixam nesta unidade, consolidando fundamentos ideológicos para a fascização dos seguidores de Bolsonaro, com significativas e graves consequências potenciais para a democracia brasileira.

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              Radically Socialized Knowledge and Conspiracy Theories

              Neil Levy (2007)
              The typical explanation of an event or process which attracts the label ‘conspiracy theory’ is an explanation that conflicts with the account advanced by the relevant epistemic authorities . I argue that both for the layperson and for the intellectual, it is almost never rational to accept such a conspiracy theory. Knowledge is not merely shallowly social, in the manner recognized by social epistemology, it is also constitutively social: many kinds of knowledge only become accessible thanks to the agent's embedding in an environment that includes other epistemic agents. Moreover, advances in knowledge typically require ongoing immersion in this social environment. But the intellectual who embraces a conspiracy theory risks cutting herself off from this environment, and therefore epistemically disabling herself. Embracing a conspiracy theory therefore places at risk the ability to engage in genuine enquiry, including the enquiry needed properly to evaluate the conspiracy theory.
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                Journal
                cint
                Contexto Internacional
                Contexto int.
                Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0102-8529
                1982-0240
                2023
                : 45
                : 2
                : e20220034
                Affiliations
                [1] São Paulo São Paulo orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo Brazil felipeloureiro@ 123456usp.br
                Article
                S0102-85292023000200900 S0102-8529(23)04500200900
                10.1590/s0102-8529.20234502e20220034
                eda23a2a-db35-43a8-9bcf-08c7aa7a456f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 11 April 2022
                : 24 October 2022
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                Special Issue: New Directions for Foreign Policy Analysis

                Jair Bolsonaro,globalismo,teoria da conspiração,Brazilian foreign policy,Ernesto Araújo,globalism,conspiracy theory,Política externa brasileira

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