| Book "Toward a New World, For Real" - Pedro Ferraz de Abreu | ||||
| presentations | about the book | about the author | buy the book | -> |
NEXT EVENT:
Last Event:
For more information about the upcoming presentation, dissemination and debate activities of this Book, or suggestions and comments, your contact is always welcome.
MAIN EVENTS:
2024-12-12 no CNC (fotos / videos) |
Lançamento na A25Abril (fotos / videos) |
2024-07-02 com ANAM (fotos / videos) |
2024-05-16 na AJA (fotos / videos) |
Sessão de Autografos (adiada) |
2024-06-02 Feira do Livro (fotos / videos) |
Book Launch:
The book launch took place on April 19, 2024, at Associação 25 de Abril, in Lisbon, with more than 60 participants [PROGRAM] [PHOTOS] [VIDEOS].
ABOUT THE BOOK
|
|
Vós que lá, do vosso império |
A group of progressive citizens, concerned and dissatisfied with the current situation, believe that it is important to publicize and debate this book. That is why we have signed a Collective Preface with the Author, and recommend its reading to all who, like us, aspire to help build a more dignified, fairer and more supportive society. In other words, "A New World, For Real". [read the Collective Preface] [Purchase / Support the Book] | |
"Are we going to accept as inevitable a society that worsens inequalities, exploitation and injustice? A 3rd world war? The climate crisis? After all, what society do we want? What better society can we build? And how?
What political ideology best serves Humanity in the 21st century? Is it true, as many claim, that ideology matters little today?
It's not about presenting a moral discourse, about how the world "should be". It is also about showing, following the evidence of Science and the experience of the struggle of social movements, how the world "could be".
.
Like Aleixo, this book proposes... a new world, for real"
"For a Progressive Ideology in the 21st Century Supported by Science and the Experience of Social Movements"
"50 years after the struggles that led to the Revolution of April 25, 1974, the author challenges us to reflect on fundamental issues of today, and on the direction that the Left has been taking in recent decades.
We live in an era of great promises, challenges and paradoxes. But there is a deep division in Society, and within the Left itself. Which path to follow? After all, what world do we want - and can - have? This work presents us with a unique contribution, because it is based on many years of transdisciplinary scientific research (engineering and social sciences), but also on the experience of progressive struggle..
For the author, the Left seems to be limited to the "pragmatic" role of mitigating, moderating, the worst effects of the economic crisis and war, but without a vision of a truly autonomous society from the Right; or to the "radical" role of champion of "minorities", but whose "identitarian" exaggerations distance the people from the Left and thus deliver the "majorities" to the Right.
This book therefore aspires to contribute to a more dignified, fairer and more supportive society.."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu was a leader of the revolutionary left in the struggle that led to the 25th of April. Target of persecution by the Salazar Dictatorship regime, he was expelled from the University, incorporated (compulsorily) into a disciplinary battalion and forced into hiding (clandestinidade / underground) due to PIDE arrest warrants.
He studied and taught for 20 years at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), where he founded a transdisciplinary scientific area (e-Planning), which he taught in Portugal as a Guest Full Professor, at the Universities of Lisbon and Aveiro. He is currently a Research Affiliate at MIT, Researcher at the University of Lisbon and President of the Research Center on Information Technologies and Participatory Democracy.(CITIDEP)
ADQUIRIR / APOIAR O LIVRO
Faça já a sua encomenda de Livro(s). Se pretende apoiar a divulgacao e debate, contacte a Comissão "Por Um Mundo Novo a Serio".
| DESPESAS * (autor: edição, divulgação, logistica) | RECEITAS * (autor: vendas autor e crowdfunding) | LIVROS VENDIDOS * (autor) |
| 4841 euros | 4582 euros | 177 |
To ensure sale to the public at an affordable price (18 euros), the Author purchased a batch of copies at a real cost of 30 euros/Book. As such, anyone who can afford the real cost, purchasing for 30 euros, helps to share this publicity effort among those who have the most difficulties. Thank you for your support.
NEXT: Sessão na AJA (fotos e videos) 16 Maio 2024
Citizens who fought and are fighting for freedom and democracy, before and after the 25th of April, outraged by the ongoing destruction of the social state and the achievements of April, who defend dialogue and collaboration in the left-wing community.
