Olavo de Carvalho Blog
(CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty ImagesBolsonaro and the presidential election in Brazil: an interview with Olavo de Carvalho
Olavo de Carvalho is one of the primary voices of Brazil’s conservative revival. He is a writer, teacher, and critic of the political left in Brazil. (Editor’s note: Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil 4 days after the publication of this interview in The Epoch Times, with more than 55% of the valid votes.) […]
A Brief History of Male Chauvinism
Women have always been exploited by men. That is a truth that nobody doubts. From the solemn lecture halls in Oxford to popular TV shows, from Collège de France to pop music groups, the world reaffirms that certainty, maybe the most unquestionable truth that has ever crossed the human mind—that is, if it ever actually […]
Introduction to the Philosophy Seminar – Part 2
How Do Cultural Shifts Happen? A lecture originally delivered online in Portuguese as an introduction for Mr. Olavo de Carvalho’s Brazilian Philosophy Seminar. Student: In an interview you gave to Atlântico magazine, you said that, instead of dividing the political spectrum into right-wing and left-wing, we should try to classify political movements as revolutionary and […]
Philosophical Notes and Remarks (1)
Notes and remarks from Olavo de Carvalho’s philosophical journal, addressing a number of timeless and contemporary issues. The Difference Between Christianity and Philosophy All comparison between philosophies and Christianity—an incurable vice of historians of philosophy—is complete nonsense because a philosophy is nothing but a doctrine, a man’s thoughts, and Christianity is the acting presence […]
Introduction to the Philosophy Seminar – Part 2
In the second part of his lecture, Mr. De Carvalho discusses the concept of progress and lack of progress when applied to societies and history and begins to outline the true nature of philosophy as education for understanding real life problems. Student: In an interview you gave to the Atlântico magazine, you said that […]
Introduction to the Philosophy Seminar – Part 1
How Do Cultural Shifts Happen? A lecture originally delivered online in Portuguese as an introduction for Mr. Olavo de Carvalho’s Brazilian Philosophy Seminar. am going to provide you with an outline of the general program of the Philosophy Seminar, a course which will last for approximately five years. Keep in mind that this program, […]
Islamic Totalitarianism: an Inheritor of Communism and Nazism
Watch the video of the lecture delivered by Olavo de Carvalho on the Nazi and Communist roots of the Islamic totalitarianism. The lecture below was delivered on May 24, 2004, at Hebraica Association, in São Paulo.
The USA and the New World Order: A Debate Between Olavo de Carvalho and Aleksandr Dugin, the Brains Behind the New Russian Geopolitical Strategy
The Debaters: Olavo de Carvalho and Aleksandr Dugin On March 7, 2011, Olavo de Carvalho, President of the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government, and Social Thought, and Aleksandr Dugin, leader of the International Eurasian Movement, started a written debate on the topic “The USA and the New World Order.” The debate ended on May 9, […]
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The Condition of Brazilian Higher Education
On July 23, 2013 the President of the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government, and Social Thought, Olavo de Carvalho, delivered a lecture on the current condition of Brazilian Higher Education at the Leadership Institute, Arlington, VA. Watch the lecture below.
