Olavo de Carvalho

Olavo de Carvalho (born April 29, 1947, at the city of Campinas, in the state of São Paulo) is a Brazilian philosopher. His works have brought him a number of admirers, an array of followers - and a multitude of critics. Nonetheless he has expressed his unease with the label "right-wing" and the tendency to attempt to place his work on a crude political spectrum.

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April 29 - 1947 - Campinas - São Paulo - Brazilian - Philosopher - Right-wing - Political spectrum

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Carvalho's works deal with various subjects, especially politics, philosophy, astrology, society, media, criticism, art, and culture.

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Politics - Philosophy - Astrology - Society - Media - Criticism - Art - Culture

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The main theme in Carvalho's essays and articles is the defense of human interiority against the tyranny of collective authority, or, in his own words:

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Essays - Articles - Human - Tyranny - Authority

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"Only the subject's individual consciousness can testify for the unwitnessed acts, and there is no act more deprived of external testimony than the act of knowing."

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Subject - Individual - Consciousness - Knowing

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His book "O Imbecil Coletivo: Atualidades Inculturais Brasileiras" (The Collective Imbecile: Incultural Current Activities), released in 1996, prompted many new admirers and haters.

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Olavo de Carvalho is also the editor of an online newspaper called Mídia Sem Máscara (Maskless Media), which is radically different from what is usually seen in the Brazilian press. He nevertheless still often write for some of the largest newspapers in Brazil such as Folha de São Paulo and Zero Hora.

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Newspaper - Press - Newspapers - Brazil

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On July 4, 2005, Carvalho was fired from the newspaper O Globo, where he had published a weekly article for several years. The same week, the lefist organization São Paulo Forum, which had never been mentioned in the newspaper except through Carvalho's articles, suddenly began to appear in the paper.

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July 4 - 2005 - São Paulo Forum

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