S04E03 - Rodrigo Nunes on Ecologies of Organization and Democratic Transformation

Episode von Future Histories von Jan Groos · 26. April 2026 · 2 h 15 min

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:

https://www.arci.it/

further reading on (Italian) communist history:

Magri, L. (2019). The Tailor of Ulm: A History of Communism. Verso.

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2211-the-tailor-of-ulm?srsltid=AfmBOor6D6hcoIOngJTTcfkoWSV8uvd9Ej3goiOtBlD6rkgWEqs3Zkcg

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.

https://www.abebooks.com/9780816612253/Anti-Oedipus-Capitalism-Schizophrenia-Deleuze-Gilles-0816612250/plp

Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso Books.

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2143-envisioning-real-utopias?srsltid=AfmBOooibKTSQ_s7NTVZJ1Bvex4_8PNRx1KiVQV6nq6nEKRQZ6XA9PXP

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