Milton Lahuerta

• Abstract

  At national and global levels, the democratic regime is under question. Faced with a scenario of economic acceleration and subordination of politics to the economic dynamics, the popularization of social networks was seen as one of the possible solutions to generate greater involvement and participation of citizens. Focusing on the Brazilian case, a democracy marked by an authoritarian po…

  Facebook and politics in the presidential election of 2018 in Brazil, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Our goal in this research is to analyze Francisco Weffort's politic-intellectual trajectory, as well as his interpretation about Brazil. Our main hypothesis is that Weffort, with his populism theory formulation, built up an ex-ante justification to the Worker's Party formation in 1979. We are also led by another hypothesis, which is fixed in the idea that a radical change in Weffort Natio…

  Intellectuals and Politics in Brazil: from populism theory to the reconciliation with the republican tradition in Francisco Weffort interpretation, BP.DR

• Abstract

  On the emerging processes of individualization, stands out the notion of sub-politics, which means, among other things, that privacy has become the lowest conceivable unit of the politics, which opens new possibilities for political action and also new obstacles. However, the ideology of the "new spirit of capitalism" (BOLTANSKI; CHIAPELLO, 2009), which hosts contemporary hegemonic sociab…

  Risk society, new forms of violence and the dilemmas of citizenship: a comparison between Brazil and United States., BP.DR

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• Abstract

  This research's goal is to deepen our comprehension of the relation between ideals, intellectual formulation and political practice. The British academic field presents an important tradition in the studies of Political Thought and the History of Ideals, which motivated us to better understand in which way this relation between intellectuality and politics has been investigated in this co…

  Political Thought and History of Ideas: Comprehending Different Approaches and Interpretative Methods in the United Kingdom, BE.EP.DR

• Abstract

  The notion that new types of violence arise in the post-Fordist period and that they are associated to citizenship ruptures and to decreased centrality of work in social life is fundamental for this work. Such reflection include two concepts that provide a theoretical basis for this work, which are: the new violence paradigm (WIEVIORKA, 2009, 2013) and diffuse violence (TAVARES DOS SANTOS…

  Risk Society, new shapes of violence and citizenship dilemmas: a comparison between Brazil and the United States, BE.EP.DR