CLEITON ZÓIA MÜNCHOW

We aim to study the meaning of the idea, supported by Marilena Chaui, that sexual repression is embedded in the structures of Brazilian society and reveals the existence of a generalized authoritarianism characterized by the confusion between the public and the private. This work is divided into three parts: in the first, we focus on how the issue of authoritarianism presents itself for Marilena Chaui and how she sought to identify her own authoritarianism; in the second, we examine the relationship between the text and context, and between the context and the text, in Chaui's philosophical production concerning the issue of sexual repression; and in the third, we delve into the issue of sexual repression itself and its relationship with the idea of sexual difference.