The current global landscape is marked by the rise of movements belonging to the Far Right or radical right spectrum, which have achieved unprecedented levels of hegemony in regions such as North America and Europe. These regions, once identified as bastions of deliberative democracy, are now grappling with an unprecedented institutional and legitimacy crisis, the likes of which have been lost since the aftermath of World War II. The event, held on the first anniversary of the last US presidential election on November 5, 2024, aimed to analyze the centrality of an intersectional perspective in exploring the role that social class, race, and gender play in the xenophobic rejection of immigrant populations, in neoliberal transformations of labor exploitation, in climate change denial, and in the new forms of ethical violence that seek to normalize the reactionary discourses of our time. The presentations, moderated by Rodrigo Castro, engaged with analyses of these issues by intellectuals such as Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser, Rahel Jaeggi, and Wendy Brown.

Authoritarian freedom. Politics and emotions at the end of the neoliberal utopia – Pablo López Álvarez
The current rise of authoritarian, traditionalist, and anti-democratic political movements invites us to draw parallels with political phenomena that threatened democratic forms in the first half of the 20th century. Notions such as neo-fascism or late fascism are used to analyze the current political situation. From a complementary perspective, this paper proposes to consider the crisis of democracy based on the effects and tensions of the social restructuring programs developed in recent decades. This new scenario is defined by the horizon of conflict and collapse, the profound transformation of the state, and the political mobilization of emotions such as fear and resentment. But the process also implies a significant metamorphosis of the idea of ​​freedom, which is interesting to examine from a philosophical perspective. Characteristically, contemporary reactionary currents make intensive use of the imaginary of freedom, which, as authoritarian freedom or freedom to harm, becomes a central element in legitimizing practices of violence, punishment, and social exclusion.

Cathedrals and rockets. Notes on the neo-reactionaries – Clara Ramas
There is no doubt that the current rise of neo-reactionary, neo-fascist, or alt-right movements must be linked to the conditions of contemporary neoliberal capitalism. The following remains valid: dictum Horkheimer said, “Anyone who doesn’t want to talk about capitalism should also remain silent about fascism.” As can be argued by authors such as Karl Polanyi and Wendy Brown, the movement of capitalist commodification and dissolution is followed by a defensive reaction, a temptation toward communitarian retreat and social authoritarianism. However, this movement, in these first decades of the 21st century, exhibits certain peculiarities that connect it only partially to the historical fascisms of the last century. Following Alberto Toscano’s interpretation, we will reflect on issues such as the multiple, non-synchronous temporalities of neofascism and capital, its relationship with utopia and myth, the program of acceleration, and the new identity wars.