Think tanks: The Oracles of the Far Right

Contemporary liberal democracy is under a silent, sophisticated, and heavily funded siege. Far from the military coups of the twentieth century, today's democratic erosion advances through legalistic, gradual, and technical mechanisms. We are witnessing a profound political mutation: a contemporary neofascism that seeks to hollow out democratic institutions from within, shielding power from the scrutiny of the popular vote.
In Oracles of the Far Right, author Marcelo Ungarit dismantles the analytical naivety that attributes the rise of the far right to mere spontaneous social unrest. Using the sociology of knowledge as a powerful analytical tool, this rigorous essay maps the covert material and cognitive infrastructure driving the new reactionary alliance between authoritarian cultural conservatism and market radicals.
The book uncovers the inner workings of global "governance factories" and advocacy tanks that translate elite corporate interests into public policy. From the influx of dark money in the American laboratory-spearheaded by oligarchs and materializing in the Heritage Foundation's controversial "Project 2025"-to the globalized operations of the Atlas Network and its profound impact on Latin America and Spain, this work traces how the Overton window has been deliberately shifted.
Oracles of the Far Right explores how global summits like CPAC forge a public pedagogy rooted in anti-wokeism, while homegrown think tanks like FAES or the Instituto Juan de Mariana fuel a concentrated media ecosystem to manufacture a new hegemonic consensus. This book is an essential, urgent roadmap for anyone seeking to understand, expose, and counter the invisible machinery re-engineering modern society and threatening the future of human rights and true democracy.