THE RISE AND THE FALL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE POPULIST AND NATIONALIST RHETORIC IN BOLSONARO'S CAMPAIGN SPEECHES
THE RISE AND THE FALL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE POPULIST AND NATIONALIST RHETORIC IN BOLSONARO'S CAMPAIGN SPEECHES
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.6972402049
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Palavras-chave: Populismo; Nationalismo; Jair Bolsonaro; Campanha Presidencial; Eleições Brasileiras
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Keywords: Populism; Nationalism; Jair Bolsonaro; Presidential Campaign; Brazilian Election
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Abstract: In October 2018, Jair Messias Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil. An anti-corruption, socially conservative and neoliberal economic political agenda was able to classify the behavior of the PSL (Social Liberal Party) candidate as what the specialized literature calls right-wing, authoritarian or reactionary populism. However, studies have pointed out that the populist discourse of Bolsonaro's campaign was overshadowed by the nationalist rhetoric that the candidate used to carry, specially at his brand that would claim "Brazil above all". In 2022, when he was seeking re-election, this time by the PL (Liberal Party), Jair Bolsonaro presented continuous characteristics of nationalist and populist rhetoric in his electoral speeches. Taking these points in consideration, this study is looking forward to answer the following question: what rhetoric prevailed in Jair Bolsonaro's speech in his victorious campaign in 2018 and what discursive rhetoric prevailed in his defeated campaign in 2022? Aiming this end, this research will use the Holistic Grading method, proposed and adapted by Kirk Hawkins, in which it will be analyzed 20 campaign speeches by Jair Bolsonaro, 10 referring to the 2018 election period and another 10 to the same period in 2022.
- Carlos Augusto Dias do Nascimento