BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH NEGATIONISM: THE BOLSONARIST RHETORIC IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
In this text, we will evaluate the argumentative organization of the political theory of President Jair Bolsonaro in relation to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. Therefore, in the first section, we will make a historical overview of epidemics in the country; in the second, we will relate the health and scientific denialism to the political posture of the head of the national executive; finally, in the third section, we will analyze five of his statements regarding the current health crisis.
BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH NEGATIONISM: THE BOLSONARIST RHETORIC IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2162222227108
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In this text, we will evaluate the argumentative organization of the political theory of President Jair Bolsonaro in relation to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. Therefore, in the first section, we will make a historical overview of epidemics in the country; in the second, we will relate the health and scientific denialism to the political posture of the head of the national executive; finally, in the third section, we will analyze five of his statements regarding the current health crisis.
- Argus Romero Abreu de Morais
