Banca de DEFESA: DIOGENES FAGNER DE LIMA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DIOGENES FAGNER DE LIMA
DATE: 02/06/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

INVITATION TO DISTINCTION: THE SOCIOLOGY OF POP PHILOSOPHY BY MÁRIO SÉRGIO CORTELLA, LEANDRO KARNAL, AND LUÍZ FELIPE PONDÉ

KEY WORDS:

Pop philosophers; cultural industry; performance; social dramas.

PAGES: 199
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Outras Sociologias Específicas
SUMMARY:

This dissertation analyzes the phenomenon of “pop philosophy” as embodied by Brazilian intellectuals Mário Sérgio Cortella, Luiz Felipe Pondé, and Leandro Karnal, focusing on their transition from academia to the cultural industry and on a set of public interventions carried out by the trio between 2016 and 2019. Based on documentary analysis of multimodal materials, each author’s trajectory was reconstructed in its cultural dimensions through a comparison between academic works and “high-pop” works. At this point, the study seeks to demonstrate how, following processes of capital reconversion, the “invitation to philosophy” a motto associated with the democratization of critical philosophical thought in Brazil was transformed into an “invitation to distinction,” an expression of an aristocratic mode of thinking. Within the context of the social dramas experienced between 2016 and 2019such as the coup against President Dilma Rousseff (PT), the imprisonment of former President Lula (PT), and the election of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) the trio performed in the public arena what is termed the “performance of the bloodless French Revolution,” a performative expression of civic vitality grounded in an optimistic view of the country’s trajectory. Overall, the dissertation advances the hypothesis that the phenomenon of “pop philosophers,” their “invitation to distinction,” and their “performance of the bloodless French Revolution” became inscribed in a process of rollback of social rights and in a broader trend toward the production of a radicalized mainstream within brazilian society.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1081965 - CARLOS EDUARDO FREITAS MORAIS
Interno - 1012983 - LUCAS FORTUNATO REGO DE MEDEIROS
Interno - 1031057 - LUCAS TRINDADE DA SILVA
Externo à Instituição - ALYSON THIAGO FERNANDES FREIRE - IFRN
Externa à Instituição - SIMONE MAGALHÃES BRITO - UFPB