Ascensão de uma nova violência no Brasil : radicalização online, misoginia e bullying como gatilhos de ataques em escolas.

Abstract

This study analyzes the rise of school attacks in Brazil as a specific form of extreme violence, distinct from traditional forms of school violence. It is based on the understanding that, although Brazilian schools have historically been affected by vandalism, invasions, interpersonal conflicts, humiliation, and everyday aggression, planned attacks against educational institutions present specific characteristics, such as the use of weapons, target selection, prior planning, performative elements, digital circulation, and references to previous attacks. The main objective is to understand how this phenomenon has developed in Brazil, especially since 2019, and how factors such as online radicalization, misogyny, hate culture, bullying, youth isolation, and the copycat effect contribute to its contemporary configuration. The study argues that these attacks cannot be explained by single causes, such as psychological suffering, bullying, or video game consumption, but must be analyzed as the result of complex interactions between subjective trajectories, resentment, weakened social bonds, violent masculinities, extremist digital communities, and the search for recognition. It concludes that addressing this phenomenon requires moving beyond simplistic explanations and understanding school attacks as an expression of a new form of violence, marked by the combination of local conflicts, global repertoires of mass attacks, hate speech, and digital performativity.