Neo-right ‘witch hunt’: the rejection of democracy and social policies

Authors

  • Talita Kelly Passos Secretaria Municipal de Cidadania, Assistência Social e Políticas Integradas (Semcaspi, Teresina)
  • Solange Maria Teixeira Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.34077

Abstract

This article analyses the performance of the New Right across the world and in Brazil, including its form and principals of action, evidence of the consequences for society, and a review of critical Literature. The staunch neo-right attack on democracy and social policies is highlighted, as well as the redefinition of historically constructed elements that contribute to the maintenance of life in society, and which aim to legitimise and intensify capitalist accumulation in its most destructive stage. It concludes that, for human survival there is an urgent need for a profound transformation and the dismantling of the capitalist rationality. Making readjustments or negotiations, as the Left has been doing in recent years, only feeds back the capitalist system, which reappears with greater, more devastating power.

Keywords: New Right. Democracy. Social politics.

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Author Biographies

Talita Kelly Passos, Secretaria Municipal de Cidadania, Assistência Social e Políticas Integradas (Semcaspi, Teresina)

Assistente Social. Doutora em Políticas Públicas pela Universidade Federal do Piauí. Assistente Social na Secretaria Municipal de Cidadania, Assistência Social e Políticas Integradas (Semcaspi, Teresina, Brasil).

Solange Maria Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

Professor at the Department of Social Service and the Postgraduate Program in Public Policy, Federal University of Piauí. Post-Doctorate in Social Work at PUC-SP.

 

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Published

24-04-2023

How to Cite

Passos, T. K., & Teixeira, S. M. (2023). Neo-right ‘witch hunt’: the rejection of democracy and social policies. Argumentum, 15(1), 271–285. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v15i1.34077

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023): Sexualidade, direitos sexuais e reprodutivos em tempos de avanço conservador

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Temas Livres

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