Diego Rivera, detail from Day of the Dead in the City, 1923

FOUNDATIONS

The Gap between Politics and Reality

Betty Milan

Friday, October 20, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (ET)
In-person only

What can explain the negationism of politicians and religious leaders during the recent pandemic? What is the relation between disbelief in one's own death and belief in various saviors? We will address these questions by examining Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro's Trump-inspired government. 

Suggested readings: Morin, Edgar: L'entrée dans l'ère écologique (2020); with Sabah Aboussalam: Changeons de voie : Les leçons du coronavirus  (2020); with Anne Brigitte Kern: Homeland Earth: A Manifesto for the New Millennium (translation, 1999).

School of Visual Arts
133 W. 21st Street, New York, NY
(Ask at the front desk for the room number)

This event is free and open to the public.

NOTE: Registration closes Wednesday, October 18 at 5pm or until full capacity is reached. Space is limited; register early.

Betty Milan is a widely published and translated Brazilian author of novels, plays, essays, and crônicas. After earning a medical degree in São Paulo, she pursued a formation in psychoanalysis in Paris under Jacques Lacan. Analyzed by Lacan, recently translated and published by Bloomsbury, brings together her memoir Why Lacan and her related play Goodbye Doctor.