This week, we look at the brazilianization of the world. Rodrigo nunez is a professor of modern and contemporary philosophy in Rio de Janero p reo. We also hear from jacobin marks about what it's like to play part in mediocrity. The show includes music by geffrey brodsky and vhe rio francos.
How neoliberal conditions create popular constituencies, ideologies, and subjectivities among poor and working-class people for a violent, mean, and repressive neoliberalism—and how those reactionary politics from below converge with those generated from above. Political theorist Rodrigo Nunes analyzes Bolsonarismo (the ideology and politics surrounding far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro) and far-right politics everywhere.
Read Rodrigo's essays:
radicalphilosophy.com/article/of-what-is-bolsonaro-the-name
publicbooks.org/are-we-in-denial-about-denial
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