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Carvalho in 2019
Born	Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (1947-04-29)29 April 1947 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	24 January 2022(2022-01-24) (aged 74) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Author, former astrologer, former journalist
Spouse(s)	Roxane Andrade de Souza (m. 1986⁠–⁠2022)
Children	8

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho GCRB (29 April 1947 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. From 2005 until his death, he lived near Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.

While publishing about politics, literature and philosophy since the 1980s, he made himself known to wider Brazilian audiences from the 1990s onwards, mainly writing columns for some of Brazil's major media outlets, such as the newspaper O Globo. In the 2000s, he began to use personal blogs and social media to convey his conservative and anti-communist ideas. In the late 2010s, he rose to prominence in the Brazilian public debate, being dubbed the "intellectual father of the new right" and the ideologue of Jair Bolsonaro, a label that he came to reject.

Carvalho books and articles have spread conspiracy theories and false information, and he has been accused of fomenting hate speech and anti-intellectualism. He positioned himself as a critic of modernity. His interests included historical philosophy, the history of revolutionary movements, the Traditionalist School and comparative religion. His views were rejected by some philosophers.

Professional career
Role in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
Death
Personal life
Works
See also

Professional career

Carvalho acted as an astrologer in the 1980s, having learned it from, among others, the Argentine psychologist Juan Alfredo César Müller. From the 1970s to the 2000s, he wrote for several Brazilian magazines and newspapers, such as Bravo!, Primeira Leitura, Claudia, O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo (starting in February 1977 with an article about The Magic Flute in the "Folhetim" literary supplement), Época and Zero Hora.

In 2002, Carvalho founded the website Maskless Media (Mídia Sem Máscara). It presents itself as an observatory of the news media. He was the host of the show True Outspeak on BlogTalkRadio, which aired from 2006 to 2013. As of 2019, he wrote a weekly column for the Brazilian newspaper Diário do Comércio and taught philosophy in an online course to over 2,000 students. He is said to have introduced to Portuguese-speaking readers works of important conservative philosophers of the 20th century, such as Eric Voegelin. In addition to newspaper articles and many blog and social media posts, he authored 32 books, many of them collections of previously published texts.

Carvalho founded the Inter-American Institute for Philosophy, Government, and Social Thought in 2009, and served as its president. He collaborated with Ted Baehr, Paul Gottfried, Judith Reisman, Alejandro Peña Esclusa, and Stephen Baskerville through the Inter-American Institute. The institute closed down in 2018, possibly due to complaints made by Olavo's former students to the Institute's board that, among other complaints, he never concluded the secondary education, and was not, as his profile in the Institute claimed, a former senior lecturer in the Catholic University of Paraná.

Role in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro

Dinner at the Brazilian embassy in Washington, D.C. in March 2019, Carvalho between Bolsonaro (right) and Araújo (left).

Carvalho became one of the most influential individuals in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro. According to one account, Bolsonaro got interested in Carvalho's ideas in 2013. In 2014, Bolsonaro and Carvalho started transmitting their live video chats through politically conservative YouTube channels. In 2017, Carvalho was depicted as the "ideologue" of Bolsonaro, a title he has refuted.

In his first live speech on Facebook after being elected, Bolsonaro was pictured next to one of the books written by Carvalho, in what was interpreted as a sign of his influence over the newly elected president. It was claimed that Carvalho influenced the nomination of two prominent Ministers by Bolsonaro: Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (Education) and Ernesto Araújo (Foreign Affairs).

In November 2018, after the Brazilian presidential election, Carvalho declared that, if nominated by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, he would accept the role of Brazilian ambassador to the United States. However, in February 2019, Carvalho clashed with some key figures of the Bolsonaro administration, including the Vice-President, Hamilton Mourão, whom he accused of being a "traitor" who is pro-disarmament and pro-Nicolas Maduro." Mourão dismissed the criticisms.

Death

Olavo's family announced his death on social media, on January 24, 2022, eight days after he tested positive for COVID-19. His family's statement did not specify his cause of death, but his daughter Heloísa said that it was from coronavirus. His personal doctor denied it was COVID-19 and stated officially that his death was caused by respiratory stress associated with emphysema, heart failure, bacterial pneumonia, and a generalised infection. Olavo was known for his vaccine hesitancy and often questioned the severity of COVID-19 pandemic, spreading COVID-19 misinformation on his social media. According to his family, he died at a hospital outside of Richmond, Virginia. He is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia.

Personal life

At his death Olavo de Carvalho left his widow, eight children, and eighteen grandchildren.

His eldest daughter, Heloisa de Carvalho Martins Arriba, accused her father of occasional maltreatment of his children. All content was wrapped in a letter that was later shared on Facebook. According to the letter, Olavo had even pointed a gun to the head of one of his children. She made other accusations including that Olavo kept a polygamous relationship living with three wives at the same time. The accusations were denied by her siblings and by Olavo himself, who initiated a lawsuit against her citing that in her letter she "distances herself from any contact with reality by spreading outrageous lies and vile insults".

According to his daughter, Carvalho was a member of Tariqa, an order of Sufism, but that was never verified.

Olavo de Carvalho reportedly confessed his sins to a Roman Catholic priest and received the last rites before his death.

Works

Essays

(1980). A Imagem do Homem na Astrologia. São Paulo: Jvpiter.
(1983). 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.
(1985). Astros e Símbolos. São Paulo: Nova Stella.
(1986). Astrologia e Religião. São Paulo: Nova Stella.
(1986). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books Fronteiras da Tradição]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. São Paulo: Nova Stella.
(1992). Símbolos e Mitos no Filme "O Silêncio dos Inocentes". Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Artes Liberais.
(1993). Os Gêneros Literários: Seus Fundamentos Metafísicos. Rio de Janeiro: IAL & Stella Caymmi.
(1993). O Caráter como Forma Pura da Personalidade. Rio de Janeiro: Astroscientia Editora.
(1994). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books A Nova Era e a Revolução Cultural : Fritjof Capra & Antonio Gramsci]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Artes Liberais & Stella Caymmi [São Paulo: Vide Editorial, 2014].
(1994). Uma Filosofia Aristotélica da Cultura. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Artes Liberais.
- [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books Aristóteles em Nova Perspectiva: Introdução à Teoria dos Quatro Discursos]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks, 1996 [São Paulo: É Realizações, 2007; Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial, 2013].
(1995). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books O Jardim das Aflições : De Epicuro à Ressurreição de César, Ensaio sobre o Materialismo e a Religião Civil]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Rio de Janeiro: Diadorim [São Paulo: É Realizações, 2000; Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial, 2015].
(1994). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books O Imbecil Coletivo : Atualidades Inculturais Brasileiras]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade da Cidade [São Paulo: É Realizações, 2007; Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2018].
(1997). O Futuro do Pensamento Brasileiro: Estudos sobre o Nosso Lugar no Mundo. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade da Cidade Editora [É Realizações, 2007].
(1998). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books A Longa Marcha da Vaca Para o Brejo & Os Filhos da PUC : O Imbecil Coletivo II]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks [São Paulo: É Realizações, 2008; São Paulo: Record (forthcoming)].
(2002–2006). Coleção História Essencial da Filosofia, 32 vol. São Paulo: É Realizações.
(2007). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books A Dialética Simbólica : Ensaios Reunidos]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. São Paulo: É Realizações [Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial, 2015].
(2011). Maquiavel, ou A Confusão Demoníaca. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2012). A Filosofia e seu Inverso. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2012). Os EUA e a Nova Ordem Mundial: Um Debate entre Olavo de Carvalho e Aleksandr Dugin. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial. 2012. (with Aleksandr Dugin).
(2013). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books O Mínimo que Você Precisa Saber para não Ser um Idiota]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Edited by Felipe Moura Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Record.
(2013). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books Apoteose da vigarice]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2013). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books Visões de Descartes : entre o gênio mau e o espírito da verdade]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2014). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books O mundo como jamais funcionou : Cartas de um terráqueo ao planeta Brasil - Volume II]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2014). A Fórmula para Enlouquecer o Mundo: Cartas de um Terráqueo ao Planeta Brasil, vol. 3. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2015). A Inversão Revolucionária em Ação: Cartas de um Terráqueo ao Planeta Brasil, vol. 4. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2016). O Império Mundial da Burla: Cartas de um Terráqueo ao Planeta Brasil, vol. 5. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2016). O Dever de Insultar: Cartas de um Terráqueo ao Planeta Brasil, vol. 6. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2017). Breve Retrato do Brasil: Cartas de um Terráqueo ao Planeta Brasil, vol. 7. Campinas, SP: Vide Editorial.
(2022). O Imbecil Coletivo III: O Imbecil Juvenil. Campinas, SP: VIDE Editorial.
(2022). O Foro de São Paulo: A ascensão do comunismo latino-americano. Campinas, SP: VIDE Editorial.

Other publications

(1973). Tabu, by Alan Watts. São Paulo: Editora Três (translation and preface, with Fernando de Castro Ferreira).
(1981). A Metafísica Oriental, by René Guénon. São Paulo: Escola Júpiter (translation).
(1984). Comentários à “Metafísica Oriental” de René Guénon, by Michel Veber. São Paulo: Speculum (introduction and notes).
(1997). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books Como Vencer um debate sem precisar ter Razão : em 38 estratagemas : dialética erística]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. by Arthur Schopenhauer. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks (introduction, notes and explanatory comments).
(1997). O Espírito das Revoluções, by J.O. de Meira Penna. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade da Cidade Editora (preface).
(1998). O Exército na História do Brasil, 3 Vol. Rio de Janeiro/Salvador: Biblioteca do Exército & Fundação Odebrecht (editor).
(1998). Teatro Oficina: Onde a Arte não Dormia, by Ítala Nandi. Rio de Janeiro: Faculdade da Cidade Editora (preface).
(1999). Ensaios Reunidos, 1942–1978, by Otto Maria Carpeaux. Rio de Janeiro: UniverCidade & Topbooks (introduction and notes).
(1999). [Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books A Sociedade de confiança: ensaios sobre as origens e a natureza do desenvolvimento]. Olavo de Carvalho at Google Books. by Alain Peyrefitte. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks (introduction).
(1999). Aristóteles, by Émile Boutroux. Rio de Janeiro: Record (introduction and notes).
(2001). As Seis Doenças do Espírito Contemporâneo, by Constantin Noica. Rio de Janeiro: Record (introduction and notes).
(2001). Admirável Mundo Novo, by Aldous Huxley. São Paulo: Editora Globo (preface).
(2001). A Ilha, by Aldous Huxley. São Paulo: Editora Globo (preface).
(2001). A Coerência das Incertezas, by Paulo Mercadante. São Paulo: É Realizações (introduction and notes).
(2001). A Sabedoria das Leis Eternas, by Mário Ferreira dos Santos. São Paulo: É Realizações (introduction and notes).
(2002). A Origem da Linguagem, by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record (edition and notes, with Carlos Nougué).
(2004). Escolha e Sobrevivência, by Ângelo Monteiro. São Paulo: É Realizações (preface).
(2008). O Eixo do Mal Latino-americano e a Nova Ordem Mundial, by Heitor de Paola. São Paulo: É Realizações (preface).
(2011). O Enigma Quântico, by Wolfgang Smith. Campinas, SP: VIDE Editorial (preface).
(2014). Ponerologia: Psicopatas no Poder, by Andrzej Łobaczewski. Campinas, SP: VIDE Editorial (preface).
(2015). A Tomada do Brasil, by Percival Puggina. Porto Alegre: Editora Concreta (preface).
(2015). Cabo Anselmo: Minha Verdade, by José Anselmo dos Santos. São Paulo: Matrix (preface).
(2017). 1964: O Elo Perdido; O Brasil nos Arquivos do Serviço Secreto Comunista, by Mauro "Abranches" Kraenski and Vladimir Petrilák. Campinas, SP: VIDE Editorial (preface).
(2019). A Vida Intelectual, by A.-D. Sertillanges. São Paulo: Kírion (preface).
(2019). Traição Americana: O Ataque Secreto aos Estados Unidos, by Diana West. São Paulo: Sophia Perennis (preface)

Works in English

(2000). "Otto Maria Carpeaux." Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies. Special Issue, No. 4. João Cezarde Castro Rocha (org.), University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
(2005). "From Poetics to Logic: Exploring Some Neglected Aspects of Aristotle's Organon," in Handbook of the First World Congress and School on Universal Logic, UNILOG'05, ed. Jean-Yves Beziau and Alexandre Costa-Leite. pp. 57–59.

Translated works

(2016). Statele Unite și Noua Ordine Mondială: O Dezbatere între Olavo de Carvalho și Aleksandr Dughin. Translated by Simina Popa and Cristina Nițu. Bucharest: Editura Humanitas. Translation of Os EUA e a Nova Ordem Mundial (with Alexander Dugin).