¡La contrarrevolución empieza en Brasil!

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Invito, para este miércoles a las 6 pm en el Celarg, a una charla a cargo del investigador Raphael Lana Seabra, en torno a Brasil, teoría social y la política contemporánea:

La contrarrevolución empieza en Brasil
     aspectos de una dinámica subimperialista



El ponente, Raphael Lana Seabra, es graduado en Historia en el Centro Universitario de Belo Horizonte, con maestría en sociología por la Universidad de Brasilia. Ha realizado pasantías de postgrado en el Instituto de Sociología de la Universidad de Marburg y en el Instituto de Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Actualmente es doctorando en sociología en la Universidad de Brasilia.


La investigación que desarrolla como parte de su doctorado se centra en la «Revolución bolivariana». También se ha interesado en sus estudios por el pensamiento político de José Carlos Mariátegui y la teoría de la dependencia. Desde hace unos años su trabajo académico se conjuga con su militancia política en el movimiento de la Organización Consulta Popular de Brasil.

El investigador Lana Seabra quisiera presentar algunos puntos relacionados a la formación y lucha de la izquierda popular en Brasil en la década del 2000, para luego acercarse desde allí al Brasil actual, y su interés en Venezuela y nuestro momento político.

El moderador será el profesor Carlos Eduardo Morreo, investigador de la Fundación Celarg.

Miércoles 29 de junio / 6:00 p.m. / Sala Doña Bárbara, piso 4 / Entrada libre

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