S04E03 - Rodrigo Nunes on Ecologies of Organization and Democratic Transformation
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Aggregation vs. kollektives Handeln
Nunes differenziert zwischen aggregiertem und kollektivem Handeln und deren Zusammenspiel für sozialen Wandel.
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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