Olavo de Carvalho

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Olavo de Carvalho, 2019

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (born April 29, 1947 in Campinas , Brazil ) is a Brazilian conservative journalist and essayist who represents esoteric and conspiracy ideological positions.

Life

Carvalho is the son of the lawyer Luiz Gonzaga de Carvalho and the housewife Nicéa Pimentel de Carvalho.

Due to the early death of his father, Olavo de Carvalho started working at the age of 15, and he has worked as a journalist since he was 18. During the Brazilian military dictatorship , he joined the Partido Comunista Brasileiro (PCB), one of the communist parties in Brazil . After a short time he resigned.

Afterwards Carvalho devoted himself to his “self-discovery” and self- taught himself in comparative religious studies , philosophy , logic , symbolism and astrology , which he says is superior to normal academic training. From 1980 to the mid-1990s, he wrote several books on symbolism, religious, and astrological subjects.

Carvalho has been writing on political issues since the early 1990s. He takes an extremely anti-communist stance and writes, for example, for the right-wing John Birch Society , whose conspiracy theories he shares.

Olavo de Carvalho is widowed and remarried with a total of eight children. He currently lives in Richmond , Virginia and works as an international correspondent for the Brazilian magazine "Diário do Comércio".

Philosophical work

Olavo de Carvalho sees himself as a Christian philosopher . The motto of his work can be used as "... a rebellion against the primacy of the collective over the individual consciousness." Are described. Accordingly, he distanced himself early on from the Brazilian academic and university establishment and repeatedly criticized it in his books ( e.g. O imbecil coletivo I and II , in free translation: The collective idiot I and II ).

His philosophical work is mainly based on the philosophy of Aristotle and scholasticism . His book "O Jardim das Aflições" ( The Garden of Afflictions ) was very controversial in Brazil. Carvalho distanced himself from what he believed to be the Marxist mainstream of modern Brazilian intellectuality and harshly criticized currents of thought such as liberation theology , “cultural” Marxism and deconstructivism .

further activities

Olavo de Carvalho was the editor of the first annotated edition of the entire work of the art and social critic Otto Maria Carpeaux and the Brazilian philosopher Mário Ferreira dos Santos . In addition, he published the first "History of the Brazilian Wehrmacht".

He is co-founder and president of the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government and Social Thought , a think tank . He runs a weekly internet radio show (True Outspeak) in Portuguese, where he talks mostly about US and Brazilian politics.

bibliography

  • Os EUA ea nova ordem mundial. São Paulo: Vide Editorial. 2012.
  • A filosofia e seu Inverso. São Paulo: Vide Editorial. 2012
  • Maquiavel or A Confusão Demoníaca. São Paulo: Vide Editorial. 2011
  • A Dialética Simbólica - Ensaios Reunidos. São Paulo: É Realizações. 2006
  • O Futuro do Pensamento Brasileiro. Estudos sobre o Nosso Lugar no Mundo., 1998
  • O imbecil coletivo II: A longa marcha da vaca para o brejo e, logo atrás dela, os filhos da PUC, as quais obras juntas formam, para ensinança dos pequenos e escarmento dos grandes. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks. 1998
  • Como Vencer for Debate sem Precisar Ter Razão. Comentários à "Dialética Erística" by Arthur Schopenhauer , 1997
  • O Imbecil Coletivo: Atualidades Inculturais Brasileiras. São Paulo: É Realizações, 1996
  • O Jardim das Aflições. De Epicuro à Ressurreição de César - Ensaio sobre o Materialismo ea Religião Civil. São Paulo: É Realizações, 1995
  • Aristóteles em Nova Perspectiva. Introdução à Teoria dos Quatro Discursos (reedição aumentada de Uma Filosofia Aristotélica da Cultura), 1994
  • A Nova Era ea Revolução Cultural: Fritjof Capra & Antonio Gramsci, 1994
  • O Caráter como Forma Pura da Personalidade, 1993
  • Os Gêneros Literários: Seus Fundamentos Metafísicos, 1993
  • Símbolos e Mitos no Films "O Silêncio dos Inocentes", 1993
  • Fronteiras da Tradição. São Paulo, Nova Stella, 1986
  • Astrologia e Religião. São Paulo, Nova Stella, 1986
  • Astros e Símbolos. São Paulo, Nova Stella, 1985
  • Universalidade e Abstração e Outros Estudos. (São Paulo, Speculum), 1983
  • Questões de Simbolismo Astrológico. São Paulo, Speculum, 1983
  • O Crime da Madre Agnes ou: A Confusão entre Espiritualidade e Psiquismo. São Paulo, Speculum, 1983
  • A Imagem do Homem na Astrologia. Jvpiter. São Paulo, 1980

Web links

credentials

  1. ↑ Strong expressions and conservatism Bolsonaro's esoteric guru , by Tjerk Brühwiller, FAZ May 19, 2019
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ibeipr.com.br
  3. ↑ http://acervo.estadao.com.br/publicados/1986/01/10/g/19860110-34007-nac-0009-999-9-not-wxpqqhe.jpg (10 de janeiro de 1986)
  4. ↑ http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1986/01/11/2//4108975 (11 de janeiro de 1986)
  5. ↑ Ignoring the essential ( Memento from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Essay for the John Birch Society on the alleged communist world conspiracy
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Olavo de Carvalho - Catholic University of Parana - Brazil - From Poetics to Logic: Exploring Some Neglected Aspects of Aristotle's Organon
  8. ^ Bertone Sousa (Professor do curso de História da UFT). A mental confusion of the seguidores de Olavo de Carvalho . December 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ http://carassonet.org/Sergio/www.oindividuo.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1997.12.03-Veja-Rio-Individuo-Polemico.jpg (3 de dezembro de 1997)
  10. ↑ Monica Grin. "Raça": Debate Público no Brasil (1997-2007) . Rio de Janeiro, Mauad X / FAPERJ, 2010.
  11. ↑ http://theinteramerican.org/mission/
personal data
SURNAME Carvalho, Olavo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carvalho, Olavo Luiz Pimentel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian essayist, journalist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Campinas , Brazil