Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Harvard Book Store — 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Harvard Book Store welcomes Rodrigo Nunes —associate professor in philosophy at PUC-Rio, Brazil, a visiting fellow at the University of Essex, UK, and the author of Neither Vertical nor Horizontal and Organisation of the Organisationless —for a discussion of his new book, Anatomy of Disintegration: What Brazil Reveals About the Global Far Right. About Anatomy of Disintegration A leading political philosopher dissects the global far right’s appeal through the lens of Bolsonarismo, tracing its roots to the social disintegration caused by the crisis of neoliberalism and looming climate change. For four years, Jair Bolsonaro led Brazil and the popular, far-right movement that bore his name. His rise, defeat, and the chaos he left in his wake reflect patterns that are playing out in several countries, from the US to Argentina to India. In Anatomy of Disintegration , Rodrigo Nunes uses Brazil as a point of departure to make sense of why the far right is on the rise all over the world, where its appeal comes from, and explain the dystopian horizon it is moving toward. Through sharp, original analyses of the social composition of its supporters, the material and affective conditions that…