THE DENIALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN THE NEW BRAZILIAN RIGHT AND ITS THEORETICAL IMPACTS ON THE HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Authors

  • Mayara Balestro UFJF
  • Milleni Rocha Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

Brazilian extreme right, post-truth, denialism, scientific historian

Abstract

This article aims to analyze how the new Brazilian rights mobilize historical-scientific denialism, exemplified in the case of Brasil Paralelo. Furthermore, we seek to reflect on how denialism is inserted in a broader context, both local and global, marked by the rise of contemporary extreme right-wingers, and how this mobilization in the 21st century impacts the Human and Social Sciences. The proposed debate is based on broad analytical categories, such as post-truth, new rights and historical-scientific denialism. However, when reflecting on the role of historical-scientific denialism in the 21st century, it is possible to understand how this movement, fixed on a current phenomenon, is being debated in other media. This allows us to understand advances in academic discussions about how these discourses are mobilized outside of a referential framework limited to 20th century issues.

KEYWORDS: Denialism; historical-scientific; post-truth and Brazilian extreme right.

 

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Author Biographies

Mayara Balestro, UFJF

PhD Student in History at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), with doctoral internship next to the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB/Spain). Master in History at the Universidad Estatal del Oeste of Paraná (2021). He has a degree in History from the Universidade do Oeste Paulista (2017). He is part of the research Political and Social History (LAHPS). Researcher associated with the Observatory of the Extreme Right (OED) - Brazil and linked to the research group Direitas, História e Memória (DHM), both accredited in CNPq.

Milleni Rocha , Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Doctoral student in Social History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) [2024 -], master in Sociology at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) [2021-2023], bachelor’s degree in History at UFRJ [2015-2021]. Produced research in the area of Urban Anthropology between 2016 and 2021 and has been part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Jewish Studies (NIEJ-UFRJ) since 2015. He has experience in the areas of Contemporary History, History of the Present Time, Sociology of Religion, Urban Anthropology, Jewish Studies and Psychoanalysis.

Published

04-12-2025

How to Cite

BALESTRO, Mayara; FREITAS ROCHA , Milenni. THE DENIALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN THE NEW BRAZILIAN RIGHT AND ITS THEORETICAL IMPACTS ON THE HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. Revista Cronos, [S. l.], v. 26, n. 2, p. 26, 2025. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/cronos/article/view/39260. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2025): ULTRA-RIGHT AND DEMOCRACY IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA

Section

Dossiê

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