Since the 1980's, Marilena Chauí's writing has had a profound impact in Brazil, contributing to the academic conversation and resonating in popular culture. Here, in English for the first time, are ten of Chauí's most important essays, with an introduction by Maite Conde which situates the scholarship in the global context.

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MARILENA CHAUÍ is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since the 1980s, Chauí's writings have had a profound impact in Brazil, achieving both academic recognition and unprecedented popular success. Chauí's far-reaching work has been formative for a new generation of intellectuals and led to innovative research regarding relations between culture, politics, and the state across the humanities and social sciences.

MAITE CONDE is a Research Fellow at The Brazil Institute, King's College, University of London, UK.

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The Integralist Imaginary Notes on Popular Culture Popular Culture and Authoritarianism Winds of Progress: The Administered University Ethics and Violence in Brazil: A Difficult Democracy The Engaged Intellectual: A Figure Facing Extinction? On the Present and on Politics Brazil's Foundational Myth Power and Freedom: Politics in Spinoza Religious Fundamentalism: The Return of Political Theology