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Roberto Mangabeira Unger was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, and spent his childhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He attended the private Allen-Stevenson School . [ 18 ] When he was eleven, his father died and his mother moved the family back to Brazil.
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 ...
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. Artur and Edyla met in the US during the exile of Octávio Mangabeira.
Oct 3, 2014 · Unger’s own inspiration was his maternal grandfather, Octávio Mangabeira, a professor of astronomy who launched his own political career with a speech about why Halley’s comet was not the end...
Feb 2, 2008 · Taking a leave from Harvard, where he has taught since he was 24, Mr. Unger is trying to finally make his mark in the country where his maternal grandfather, Otávio Mangabeira, was a...
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Jul 4, 2019 · Matthew Taylor talks to Roberto Mangabeira Unger about the knowledge economy, the crisis in liberal democracy and how we might bring about real change
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Born 1947, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; mother a journalist and poet; married; children: four. Education: Attended college in Brazil; Harvard University, law degree. Hobbies and other interests: Playing the cello.
