Islamofobia e elementos fascistas no discurso de Olavo de Carvalho e do Movimento Mídia Sem Máscaras (MSM)

Abstract

The article analyzes Islamophobia in the Discourse of the Media without Mask (MSM) and its leader, Olavo de Carvalho,and its association with elements of fascism and the neoconservatism of USA, pointing out its connection with an extremerightwing, authoritarian and exclusive political project.MSM,founded in 2002, makes use of social networks to disseminateits ideas, presenting itself as “unmasked” as opposed to hege-monic media considered as “left”. The methodology used wasthat of the critical analysis of discourse, from the perspective of the British linguist Norman Farclough, emphasizing the relations between discourse and other elements of social practice. The conclusion of the analysis is that the movement’sdiscourse adopts conspiracy theories about Islam, building abinary worldview between “good” and “evil,” using as an argument the thesis of Western Islamization with alleged pretextsof world domination.