Abstract

DANTAS, Candida Maria Bezerra; SANTOS, Matheus Rios Silva; DIMENSTEIN, Magda  and  MACEDO, João Paulo. The rise of fascism in Brazil: repercussions onto the professional field of psychology. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.1, pp. 415-435. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n1p405-425.

This paper aims to discuss the rise of fascism and conservationism in Brazil and the main ways of confrontation built by the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP). Since 2016, we have been following a significant increase in conservative speeches and actions that curtail individual and collective democratic freedoms, which lead us to fascism. Psychology, as a science and profession, has been one of the priority targets of this conservative wave. Thus, a survey of the news hosted on the website of the Federal Council of Psychology was carried out from January 2016 to May 2019. The results revealed important considerations about the Council’s attitude concerning the dismantling of public policies, the setbacks in the field of social and civil rights and manifestations of prejudice, racism and LGBTphobia that have occurred in the country in recent years.

Keywords : Fascism; Conservativism; Democracy; Federal Council of Psychology.

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