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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.

Co-sponsored by In These Times, Haymarket Books and Pilsen Community Books.

Rodrigo Nunes is an associate professor in philosophy at PUC-Rio, Brazil, and a visiting fellow at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organisation and Organisation of the Organisationless: Collective Action After Networks. His articles have appeared in Boston Review, Les Temps Modernes, Radical Philosophy, Jacobin, and the Guardian. He lives between London and Rio de Janeiro.

Ari Bloomekatz is Interim Executive Director at In These Times. He was previously the Executive Editor at In These Times, the Managing Editor of Rethinking Schools and Tikkun magazines, and spent several years as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Follow him @bloomekatz.