As Direitas Radicais no Estado Novo (1945-1974)

This article aims to present the historical dynamic of the intellectual elites and the political groups which – since the end of the World War II to the overthrow of the Salazar New State – reclaim the legacy of the Portuguese radical nationalism (Lusitanian Integralism, Royalist Action, National-Syndicalism), reinterpreted throughout the fascist and national-socialist revolutions. This dynamic follows the New State’s crises in theirs historical succession, during its last thirties years. The article highlights the condition of isolation and marginalization of this radical subculture, tempted by neo-fascism, with respect to the broader political family of the salazarist rights, not necessary culturally fascists