Fábrica de inimigos: a academia militar das Agulhas Negras e o seu papel político-ideológico na história do Brasil

Abstract

This research provides evidence about the formation of junior military officers in the Brazilian Army. Such training takes place at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy, located in the city of Resende, RJ. This training lasts a total of five years, and upon completion, students receive the title of bachelors in Military Sciences. The aim here was to identify how military personnel perceive their political-ideological role in Brazilian history, and most importantly, how they portray this role through publications in the Agulhas Negras Magazine. Regarding the selection of sources, initially, the criterion was articles related to Military History in Brazil, regardless of title and/or keywords. Subsequently, the selection criteria were expanded to include other areas of knowledge. The aforementioned magazine is the annual publication of the Undergraduate Program in Military Sciences at the institution. In the proposed analysis, Ginzburg (1989) played a unique role with the indicial paradigm. As a result, it was observed that the military personnel, during their training, utilize authors such as Scruton, Oakeshott, and Olavo de Carvalho, who are conservative authors and conspiracy theorists. It is also evident that the training of Brazilian Army officers is centered around their assertion of a supposed political and ideological role, which is to maintain and apply conservative values in Brazil, and furthermore, to defend it from a communist threat. For this purpose, they employ extremely conservative authors, conspiracy theories, unfounded data, and pseudo-intellectuals who support their core ideas. It is also affirmed that the military personnel