The duality of Brazilian State after 88The present work unfolds hypothesis presented by Paulo Arantes (2010), concerning the need to reopen the political economy chapter of the Brazilian exception (1964-1985) through the category of the dual state. In a first movement, based on bibliographic revision, we rescue the context within The Dual State was produced and then analyze its content in contrast with Neumann’s (2009) classic interpretation of national socialism. In the second section, through an inductive interpretation analysis based on empiric evidences, I argue the state duality notion is perhaps the most adequate tool to describe how the post-88 Brazilian democratic regime is dangerously approaching a breaking point.
Keywords:
Dual State; Ernst Fraenkel; Franz Neumann; Dedemocratization; (Neo)Fascism