Anatomy of Disintegration
What Brazil Reveals About the Global Far Right
Rodrigo Nunes(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. October 2026
Book
Hardback
240 pages
979-8-88890-825-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Through sharp, original analyses of the social composition of its supporters, the material and affective conditions that underpin it, and the mainstream's inability to respond to it, Rodrigo Nunes argues that the contemporary far right is better understood not as an effort to block but as an attempt to harness and accelerate forces of social disintegration set in motion by capital and intensified by the crisis of neoliberalism.
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.
Through sharp, original analyses of the social composition of its supporters, the material and affective conditions that underpin it, and the mainstream's inability to respond to it, Rodrigo Nunes argues that the contemporary far right is better understood not as an effort to block but as an attempt to harness and accelerate forces of social disintegration set in motion by capital and intensified by the crisis of neoliberalism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
979-8-88890-825-9 (9798888908259)
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Person
Rodrigo Nunes is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in Political Theory and Organisation at the University of Essex. He is the author of Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organisation (Verso, 2021) and Organisation of the Organisationless: Collective Action after Networks (Mute, 2014), as well as numerous articles in publications such as Les Temps Modernes, Radical Philosophy, South Atlantic Quarterly, Jacobin, and The Guardian. He lives in London.
Content
Introduction
Excursus 1 - The Point of View of the Periphery
Chapter 1 - Of What Is Bolsonaro the Name?
Chapter 2 - The Present of an Illusion: Are We in Denial About Denial?
Excursus 2 - Affective Infrastructures
Chapter 3 - Our Brand Is Crisis: Entrepreneurialism and the Far Right
Excursus 3 - Three Scenes from Daily Life
Chapter 4 - All Power to the Trolls: The Colonization of Politics by Social Media
Chapter 5 - Every Side Has Two Sides: On the Idea of Political Polarization
Chapter 6 - From Trance to Vertigo: Images of Defeat in Brazilian Cinema (and Beyond)
Excursus 4 - The Encounter of Batman with the People
Endgame
Excursus 1 - The Point of View of the Periphery
Chapter 1 - Of What Is Bolsonaro the Name?
Chapter 2 - The Present of an Illusion: Are We in Denial About Denial?
Excursus 2 - Affective Infrastructures
Chapter 3 - Our Brand Is Crisis: Entrepreneurialism and the Far Right
Excursus 3 - Three Scenes from Daily Life
Chapter 4 - All Power to the Trolls: The Colonization of Politics by Social Media
Chapter 5 - Every Side Has Two Sides: On the Idea of Political Polarization
Chapter 6 - From Trance to Vertigo: Images of Defeat in Brazilian Cinema (and Beyond)
Excursus 4 - The Encounter of Batman with the People
Endgame