Book Launch of (Novo) Fascismo, by Nidesh Lawtoo

On 21 November at 18:00, Nidesh Lawtoo’s book “(Novo) Fascismo – Contágio, Comunidade, Mito” (2026, Sistema Solar – Documenta) will be launched at the Auditorium of the Arpad Szenes–Vieira da Silva Foundation. The event will feature the author, translators Teresa Projecto and Sara Belo, and Pedro Bismarck, and will be opened and chaired by Professor Maria João Mayer Branco, an integrated member of NOVA Institute of Philosophy.

Admission is free.

The previous day, 20 November at 15:00, Nidesh Lawtoo will give a lecture in room 219 of Colégio Almada Negreiros (Campolide Campus). Entitled “From New Fascism to Mimetic Studies”, the lecture will draw on his book (New) Fascism [(Novo) Fascismo – Contágio, Comunidade, Mito] to analyze the contagious affective forces that led Donald Trump to power in the US and are currently at play in the rise of far-right movements in Europe as well. More information here.