Plínio Salgado and the Reinterpretation of the Integralist Doctrine in the Context of the Nazi-fascist Defeat

Abstract

This article evaluates the efforts undertaken by Plínio Salgado to adapt the integralista movement to the new political context established by the international defeat of Nazi-fascism. Emphasis is on the reinterpretation of the political trajectory of the Brazilian Integralist Action, and the reformulation of Integralist doctrine in order to present it as “democratic” and “anti-totalitarian,” in terms of a peculiar “Christian concept of democracy.”