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Both of Unger's parents were intellectuals. His German -born father, Artur Unger, from Dresden, arrived in the United States as a child and later became a U.S. citizen. His mother, Edyla Mangabeira, was a Brazilian poet and journalist. [17] Artur and Edyla met in the US during the exile of Octávio Mangabeira.
Roberto Mangabeira Unger, one of the world's leading political thinkers, outlines his vision for the political left, based on a rejection of the institutional and ideological settlement of the late-20th century, and discusses what this ambitious view of progressive politics means for civil society, public health and education services, the UK ...
The Critical Legal Studies Movement is a book by the philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger.
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger
- 1986
Dr. Roberto Unger was born and educated in Brazil and is the Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Professor Unger’s work is directed to the reshaping of present institutions as well as to a re-orientation of our experience and a re-interpretation of our ideals.
Democracy Realized: The Progressive Alternative is a 1998 book by philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger. In the book, Unger sets forth a program of "democratic experimentalism" that challenges and defies the neoliberal consensus that there are few alternatives for the progressive reform of democratic and market structures.
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger
- 1998
Unger was born in Rio de Janeiro. At the time Unger's parents lived in the United States , but Unger's father had suffered a heart attack during a family visit to Brazil . This led to the family staying in Brazil for longer than planned and Unger being born there.
Leading political thinker Roberto Mangabeira Unger visited IPPR to make an inspirational speech espousing his view of progressive politics, 'deep freedom' and hope. Roberto Mangabeira Unger: the Labour party and the British alternative
