Episode 2: The Brazilian New Right (with Camila Rocha)

imPACT: Diálogos

In the second episode of imPACT: Diálogos, political scientist Camila Rocha speaks about the formation of the Brazilian new right in the early 2000s and the directions it is currently taking. She also discusses the concepts of ‘counter publicity’ and ‘leftist cultural hegemony’ and shares insights from her fieldwork with Bolsonaro voters.

Camila Rocha is a researcher at the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). Her doctoral thesis, ‘Menos Marx Mais Mises’: uma gênese da nova direita brasileira, 2006–2018, received the award for best doctoral thesis from the Brazilian Association of Political Science (2017–19). Her research interests are political culture, political behaviour and qualitative methods. Among her publications are: As direitas nas redes e nas ruas: a crise política no Brasil (co-editor, with Esther Solano, 2019), and The Brazilian New Right and the Election of Jair Bolsonaro (with Esther Solano, 2021).

imPACT: Diálogos is an original production that is part of the ERC-funded PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory project at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

It is written, produced, and hosted by PACT postdoctoral researcher, Katerina Hatzikidi.

Sound design and mixing: Ignacio Albornoz Fariña

Cover image: Yul Koh

Special thanks to: Steffi da Silva, Julius Haferkorn, Gabriele Höffner, Michael Butter

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