The man who knows

In "The Man Who Knows," Viviane Mosé continues her mission to popularize philosophical knowledge, culminating in the presentation of the segment "To Be or to Be" on Fantástico between 2005 and 2006. In her new book, the philosopher and poet discusses the emergence of a new consciousness in opposition to Western rationality, responsible for the emergence of societies with high levels of exclusion. The author advocates for the reinvention of the world through the growing shift in values characteristic of our time. Viviane believes that we are currently living in "exceptional moments," which foster the invention of less unequal worlds, in which the value of life gains more strength than exploitation and unbridled consumption. Viviane Mosé highlights Brazil's place in building a better world and challenges the phrase so often heard during her master's and doctoral studies: "doing philosophy was impossible for us Brazilians without tradition." She shows that a lack of tradition can be our greatest asset. "Who knows, the joyful savages, the exotics who emerge today with some cultural and technological background—perhaps we, the free ones whose bodies parade through the streets as if dancing—are capable of breaking with the nihilism of traditions. Believing in a possible world and creating it is the task, not of one man, but of an affirmative culture, as I believe ours is," Viviane states. The philosophies of Kant, Spinoza, Foucault, and, above all, Nietzsche, are brought into the debate. The philosopher emphasizes that her intention is not to "converse with tradition," but rather to instill concepts she considers fundamental into everyday thought.