Religious and Political Issues in Brazil: Plurality, Biopolitics and conservatism

Authors

  • Emerson José Sena da Silveira Universidad Federal Juis de Fora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v12i1.3998

Keywords:

biopower, religiosity, politics, anarcho-capitalism

Abstract

This paper focus on the religious and political issue in Brazil from a socio-historical perspective. In recent years, we have seen the rise of the right-wing, anarcho-capitalist biopower in socio-political and reactionary-conservative terms in religious terms. How was the emergence of the current religious-political panorama possible? There are two complementary interpretative hypotheses: the construction of a conservative and reactionary religious-political camp and neoliberal social and economic changes. The research methodology is qualitative and primary and secondary documentary sources on contemporary Brazilian religion and politics were used.

Author Biography

  • Emerson José Sena da Silveira, Universidad Federal Juis de Fora

    Doctor en Ciencia de la Religión, antropólogo y profesor del Departamento de Ciencia de la Religión de la UFJF - Universidad Federal de “Juiz de Fora” (ciudad), Minas Gerais (provincia), Brasil. Actúa en el Programa de Postgrado en Ciencia de la Religión de esa misma universidad.

Published

2022-01-18

Issue

Section

Religión, política y moral en América Latina: cambios, continuidades y tensiones

How to Cite

“Religious and Political Issues in Brazil: Plurality, Biopolitics and Conservatism”. 2022. Revista Rupturas 12 (1): 47-81. https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v12i1.3998.