A construção de um inimigo: o Brasil assombrado por comunistas

Abstract

In this article we will present some elements that point to the formation of thought anti-communism in the political tradition of Brazil. Our analysis is based on the different moments of Brazilian history, in which the anti-communist movement is consolidated, mainly, in moments of institutional rupture, such as the coups of 1937 and 1964. Thus, this article seeks to reconstruct some of these events historical and extends to the present time, where anti-communism is also one of the various instruments discourses used in the mobilization of Brazilian society, including the rejection of ideas and progressive practices. The main proposal was to promote a critical reflection about how the thought anti-communist movement arises and how instruments for its institutionalization are created from the beginning. In this work we take Motta (2000) as a theoretical reference. The methodology used in this This work focuses on bibliographic research.