O Instituto Millenium e os intelectuais da “Nova Direita” no Brasil

Abstract

The think tanks are institutions of research and defense of political-ideological values that emerged from the 1970s in the context of the transnationalization of neoliberal economic policies. Its participation in the elaboration, dissemination and defense of ideas of this type, both for public opinion and directly to the authorities in power, were fundamental for the establishment of right-wing governments in several countries of Latin America, in the United States and England. The Millenium Institute is one of these think tanks, bringing together today more than 300 intellectuals of great expression in the political, economic, business, media and intellectual field of the country. Since the mass protests of June 2013, they have gained extraordinary projection, integrating a now vaster and diversified group of institutions of similar hue and incorporating a significant fraction of what would come to be known as the "new right" of Brazil. In analyzing the institutional structure and composition of the Millenium Institute, as well as the articles of opinion published by its most prominent experts, the research intends to advance the understanding of the political and ideological contents of the "progressive-liberal" portion of the Brazilian "new right".