Abstract In this article, we analyse the converging of research on religion with the debate over the so-called 'New Wars.' Our aim is to present a state of the art of the broad literature which relates religion as an explanatory and causal factor of contemporary organised violence with the criticisms that have emerged in response to the objectivist methodology of mainstream scholarship. The work is divided into three sections, the first being a presentation of the mainstream literature, where religion is perceived as a category with causal powers. The next two sections are divided between two types of critique. The first challenges the identitarian perspective of organised violence, adding other explanatory dimensions to the analysis of contemporary conflicts. The second questions the notion of religion as an autonomous, universal and transhistorical concept, exploring genealogically the varied meanings religion may acquire and the different powers the demarcation of non-religious spheres authorises. In the concluding sections, we seek to relate those three types of methodology on religion and violence to the types of questions each one makes regarding its research object.
<p>Este trabalho tem como questão central compreender, como as ações de grupos liberais e conservadores no Brasil, representadas pelo atual governo do país, são influenciadas pelo processo histórico de modernização conservadora nacional e a recente articulação internacional da extrema direita. Para compreender como em um processo capitalista ocorrem versões autoritárias acionaremos Barrington Moore Junior (2010) e Saull (2013;2015;2018), bem como as discussões realizadas por Apple (2006; 2017) e Souza (2017) para analisar a ação de grupos neoliberais, neoconservadores, a nova classe média profissional e populistas autoritários. A partir disso, analisaremos as possíveis relações entre os fascistas históricos e a extrema-direita que atuam em coalizão em diversos países no mundo.</p><p align="center"><strong>ENTRE LOS GOBIERNOS AUTORITARIOS Y TENDENCIAS FASCISTAS EN LA ACTUALIDAD: DE CONTEXTO INTERNACIONAL A BRASIL</strong></p><p>Este articulo tiene como pregunta central comprender cómo las acciones de los grupos liberales y conservadores en Brasil, representados por el gobierno actual del Brasil, están influenciados por el proceso histórico de modernización conservadora nacional y la reciente articulación internacional de la extrema derecha. Para comprender cómo en un proceso capitalista se producen versiones autoritarias, recurriremos a Barrington Moore Junior (2010) y Saull (2013; 2015; 2018), así como a las discusiones mantenidas por Apple (2006; 2017) y Souza (2017) para analizar la acción de estos grupos neoliberales, neoconservadores, nuevos profesionales de clase media y populistas autoritarios. A partir de esto, analizaremos las posibles relaciones entre los fascistas históricos y la extrema derecha que actúan en coalición en varios países del mundo.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave:</strong> extrema derecha; fascismo modernización conservadora; Gobierno brasileño.</p><p><strong>BETWEEN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS AND THE CURRENT FASCISTS ASPECTS : THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT TO BRAZIL</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>This paper has as its central question to understand how the actions of liberal and conservative groups in Brazil, represented by the current government of the Brazil, are influenced by the historical process of national conservative modernization and the articulation of the extreme right. To understand how in a capitalist process occur an authoritarian versions we will turn on Barrington Moore Junior (2010) and Saull (2013; 2015; 2018), as well as the discussions held by Apple (2006; 2017) and Souza (2017) to analyze the action of neoliberal groups, neoconservatives, new professional middle class and authoritarian populists. From this, we will analyze the possible relations between the historical fascists and the far right that act in coalition in several countries in the world.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>far right; fascism; conservative modernization; Brazilian government.</p>
