Roberto Mangabeira Unger 101
The Democratic Alternative, our effort to restore the integrity and broaden the vision of the Democratic Party, was inspired by the political thought of philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger. During college, I made a series of videos with him that we titled "The Beyond Series." Here's Beyond False Necessity, explaining his opposition to the idea that our social world is natural and necessity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01rRJeCwKI&list=PLD61AF629EBF97F0C&index=1
And here's "Beyond a Small Life," a letter to young people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdb-GTjggTg
His political theory is hard to jump into, so I decided to record a series of introductory videos that I titled "Unger 101":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnAjQd93U50&list=PL-F4URcd5Kdc7UZCO4kHu9rnyC6g7jBNE