S04E03 - Rodrigo Nunes on Ecologies of Organization and Democratic Transformation
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Bounded vs. unbounded orders: Entscheidung ohne klare Grenzen
Unbegrenzte Ökologien erlauben weniger formale Prozeduren; institutionelle Regeln haben Grenzen.
Rodrigo Nunes on ecologies of organization and democratic transformation.
Shownotes Rodrigo Nunes
Dr. Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes at the University of Essex:
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/NUNES97805/Rodrigo-Guimaraes%20Nunes
Rodrigo Nunes at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio):
http://www.fil.puc-rio.br/o-departamento/corpo-docente/rodrigo-guimaraes-nunes/
Nunes, R. (2025). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of Political Organization. Verso.
https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal
Nunes, R. (forthcoming, October 2026). Anatomy of Disintegration. What Brazil Reveals About the Global Far Right. HaymarketBooks.
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2881-anatomy-of-disintegration
on ‘fidelity’ by Alain Badiou:
Badious, A. (1988-2022). Being and Event I-III.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/being-and-event-9781472511065/
on the Russian revolution:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution
on Democracia Real Ya!:
http://www.democraciarealya.org.es/
on Juventud Sin Futuro:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JuventudSINFuturo/videos
on Complexity Theory, Chaos Theory and Non-Linear Dynamic Systems:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/complexity-theory
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/chaos-theory
Lorenz, E. N. (1975). Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSIvtZQaoMHrKUImVBH5gqn303JX0M5n/view?usp=sharing
Italian Communist Party ‘Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI):’
https://ilpartitocomunista.it/
on Circolo ARCI:
further reading on (Italian) communist history:
Magri, L. (2019). The Tailor of Ulm: A History of Communism. Verso.
on ‘Autonomia Operaia’ and the Autonomist movement in Italy in the 70s:
Wright, S. (2017). Storming Heaven. Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism.
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/storming-heaven/
on potentia/potestas see Chapter 1 ‘Towards a Theory of Political Organisation’ of Rodrigo’s book:
Nunes, R. (2025). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of Political Organization. Verso.
https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal
on Lotta Continua and Potere Operaio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Continua
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potere_Operaio
on Partito Democratico:
https://partitodemocratico.it/
Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1983). Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. University of Minnesota Press.
Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso Books.
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