Extremismo violento de direita e as conexões discursivas dos manifestos de Breivik, Tarrant e Crusius

Abstract

This graduation thesis addresses violent right-wing extremism and the attacks perpetrated by Anders Breivik (Norway/2011), Brenton Tarrant (New Zealand/2019) and Patrick Crusius (USA/2019), analyzing the discursive connections between their manifestos in light of conspiracy theories and far-right assumptions. The research dialogues with concepts about the phenomenon of political violence, terrorism, lone wolf action, radicalization and the power of terrorist manifestos. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate how acts of terror and terrorist manifestos can reinforce the self-referential nature of far-right terrorism and create a spiral that fuels new acts of terror. Finally, the work proposes measures to mitigate the spread of hate speech and the reach of conspiracy theories, with suggestions for confronting the threat of far-right terrorism.