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Olavo de Carvalho

Olavo de Carvalho
Born 29 April 1947
Campinas, Brazil
School Realism, Scholasticism, Phenomenology, Conservatism
Main interests Metaphysics, Epistemology, Politics, Religion, History, Symbology, Philosophy of science
Website olavodecarvalho.org

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (Campinas, April 29, 1947[1]) is a Brazilian journalist,[2] and essayist on several issues like the history of astrology and mysticism; the history of revolutionary mentality; and philosophical anthropology,[3] known for his conservative political stances, and for being a vehement critic of leftist and anti-American opinions.

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[edit] Career

Now living in the United States in the state of Virginia, he is an international correspondent and writes a weekly column for the Brazilian newspaper Diário do Comércio. He also teaches philosophy on a free course to over 1000 students online. Carvalho has previously written for several other magazines and newspapers, such as Bravo!, Primeira Leitura, O Globo, Época and Zero Hora,[4] and taught philosophy to a smaller circle of students, while still living in Brazil. He also translated to Portuguese works of important philosophers of the 20th century, such as the Romanian Constantin Noica, the Spanish Xavier Zubiri, the French René Guénon, the German-American Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss.[5][6] He has commented and developed researches and theories on the works of Aristotle.[7] He has also delivered lectures on his own work and on the work of several of those philosophers mentioned above.[8]

In 2009, Carvalho was the founding President of the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government, and Social Thought.[9]

He is the host of the popular weekly show "True Outspeak" on Blogtalkradio.[10]

[edit] Opinions

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Carvalho's study of the revolutionary mind has been well regarded in Brazil by people such as Roberto de Oliveira Campos,[11] Paulo Francis,[12] and Bruno Tolentino.[13]

He sees a characteristic of the revolutionary mind in the inversion of the perception of time. He says normal individuals, based on common sense, view the past as something immutable and the future as something that can be changed (it is contingent, as de Carvalho puts it). However, the leftist revolutionary sees the utopian future as a goal that eventually will be reached no matter what and the past as something that can be changed, through reinterpretation, to accommodate it.[14]

Carvalho also points out that because the revolutionary believes implicitly in a future utopia where there will be no evil, this same leftist revolutionary believes that no holds should be barred in achieving that utopia. Thus, his own criminal activities in achieving that goal are above reproach.[14]

However Carvalho believes that by the definition of revolution, the American Revolution was not a revolution at all because, for him, the Founding Fathers were men who held themselves (not just others) to high moral standards and in no way tried to usher in a novel experimental utopian system by centralization of power, basing their actions and policies on older English traditions and common law, and modeling the new Republic on these tried and true common sense precepts.[14]

Carvalho collaborates with Ted Baehr, Paul Gottfried, Judith Reisman, Alejandro Peña Esclusa and Donald Hank through the Inter-American Institute. He is also a friend of American political analyst Alan Keyes.

According to Carvalho, Karl Popper's open society defines itself as "not recognizing any transcendent values and by leaving everything at the mercy of economic conveniences – conveniences that are something alleged even to justify the very demolition of the free market and its replacement by the welfare state, based upon taxation and debt." Carvalho believes that the free market doesn not make men good by itself, as it does not train them to be moral. Alone, it does not bother to defend itself against socialism. According to Carvalho, Christian values protect the free market system, not the other way around.[15][16]

[edit] Works (in Portuguese)

  • A imagem do homem na astrologia. São Paulo: Jvpiter. 1980.
  • O crime da Madre Agnes ou A confusão entre espiritualidade e psiquismo. São Paulo: Speculum. 1983.
  • Questões de simbolismo astrológico. São Paulo: Speculum. 1983
  • Universalidade e abstração e outros estudos. São Paulo: Speculum. 1983.
  • Astros e símbolos. São Paulo: Nova Stella. 1985.
  • Astrologia e religião. São Paulo: Nova Stella. 1986.
  • Fronteiras da tradição. São Paulo: Nova Stella. 1986.
  • Símbolos e mitos no filme "O silêncio dos inocentes". Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Artes Liberais. 1992.
  • Os gêneros literários: seus fundamentos metafísicos. 1993.
  • O caráter como forma pura da personalidade. 1993.
  • A nova era e a revolução cultural: Fritjof Capra & Antonio Gramsci. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro : Instituto de Artes Liberais & Stella Caymmi. 1994[17]
  • Uma filosofia aristotélica da cultura. Rio de janeiro: Instituto de Artes Liberais. 1994.
  • O jardim das aflições: de Epicuro à ressurreição de César - Ensaio sobre o materialismo e a religião civil. Rio de Janeiro: Diadorim. 1995.
  • Aristóteles em nova perspectiva: Introdução à teoria dos quatro discursos. Rio de janeiro: Topbooks. 1996.
  • O imbecil coletivo: atualidades inculturais brasileiras. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade da Cidade. 1996.
  • O futuro do pensamento brasileiro. Estudos sobre o nosso lugar no mundo. 1998.
  • O imbecil coletivo II: A longa marcha da vaca para o brejo e, logo atrás dela, os filhos da PUC, as quais obras juntas formam, para ensinança dos pequenos e escarmento dos grandes. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks. 1998.
  • Coleção história essencial da filosofia. São Paulo: É Realizações. 2002-2006.
  • A Dialética Simbólica - Ensaios Reunidos São Paulo: É Realizações. 2006.
  • Maquiavel ou A Confusão Demoníaca. São Paulo: Vide Editorial. 2011.
Collaborations
  • Arthur Schopenhauer - Como vencer um debate sem precisar ter razão: em 38 estratagemas (dialética erística). Introduction, notes and comments by Olavo de Carvalho. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks, 1997.
  • Otto Maria Carpeaux - Ensaios reunidos, 1942-1978. Edition, introduction and comments by Olavo de Carvalho. Rio de Janeiro: UniverCidade & Topbooks. 1999.[18]
  • Émile Boutroux - Aristóteles. Introduction and notes by Olavo de Carvalho. Rio de Janeiro: Record. 1999.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Huxley, Aldous (1946). "Preface". Admirável Mundo Novo (Brave New World) (2 ed.). Globo Livros. ISBN 9788525033222. http://books.google.com.br/books?id=5hx2HyG-e10C&pg=PA3&dq=%22olavo+de+carvalho%22&hl=pt-BR&ei=HGyQTZ-7MMTVgQfS9Py-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAjg8#v=onepage&q=%22olavo%20de%20carvalho%22&f=false. 
  2. ^ Oliveira, Eliézer Rizzo de (2005). Democracia e Defesa Nacional. Editora Manole Ltda. ISBN 9788520419526. http://books.google.com.br/books?id=WFUC5QqnSbAC&pg=PA285&dq=%22olavo+de+carvalho%22&hl=pt-BR&ei=b-eUTYXvBcnogQfgqqDTCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22olavo%20de%20carvalho%22&f=false. 
  3. ^ "The metaphysical foundations of the literary genres". Olavodecarvalho.org. http://www.olavodecarvalho.org/traducoes/the%20metaphysical.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  4. ^ Dornelles, Beatriz. Mídia, imprensa e as novas tecnologias, p. 53. Volume 24, Coleção Comunicação. EDIPUCRS, 2002. ISBN 9788574303031
  5. ^ Darc Costa, Antônio Celso (ed.) Mundo Latino e Mundialização, p. 199. Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Mauad Editora Ltda, 2004. ISBN 9788574781297
  6. ^ Rezende, Vani T. de. Luzes e Estrelas - T. W. Adorno e a Astrologia, p. 266. Editora Humanitas. ISBN 9788577320011.
  7. ^ "President of the Institute, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Philosophy, Political Science, and the Humanities". The Inter-American Institute. http://theinteramerican.org/about-us/fellows/133-olavo-de-carvalho.html. 
  8. ^ "Lectures by Olavo de Carvalho". http://www.olavodecarvalho.org/english/7Lectures-delivered-in-US.pdf. 
  9. ^ "Welcome to the Inter-American Institute: A word from our president". Inter-American Institute. http://www.theinteramerican.org/about-us/mission-statement/128.html. 
  10. ^ Túlio Alcântara Valente says: (2007-05-18). "A Brazilian Political Philosopher Tops the Charts at Blogtalkradio". Blog.blogtalkradio.com. http://blog.blogtalkradio.com/host-highlight/a-brazilian-political-philosopher-tops-the-charts-at-blogtalkradio/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  11. ^ Roberto Campos, Minister of Planning (1964-67), Brazilian Ambassador to the United States and to the United Kingdom, Folha de S. Paulo, September 22, 1996.
  12. ^ Paulo Francis, O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo, July 28, 1996
  13. ^ Bruno Tolentino, prominent Brazilian poet, in the preface to The Garden of Afflictions
  14. ^ a b c "Laigle’s Forum » Blog Archive » Olavo de Carvalho on the revolutionary mind". Laiglesforum.com. 2008-08-28. http://laiglesforum.com/olavo-de-carvalho-on-the-revolutionary-mind/305.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  15. ^ "Olavo de Carvalho on Communism in Latin America". Thenewamerican.com. 2010-03-15. http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3119-latin-communism-incorporated. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  16. ^ By JR Nyquist (2011-02-18). "A Philosopher’s Warning | JR Nyquist". Financial Sense. http://financialsense.com/contributors/jr-nyquist/a-philosopher-warning. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  17. ^ "A Nova Era e a Revolução Cultural - Índice". Olavodecarvalho.org. http://www.olavodecarvalho.org/livros/neindex.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  18. ^ Faustino, Mário. De Anchieta aos concretos: poesia brasileira no jornal, p. 509. Mário Faustino, Maria Eugênia da Gama Alves Boaventura (ed.), Companhia das Letras, 2003. ISBN 9788535903379

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