Desiderio e libertà: risposte ai miei critici

I argue that the two commentators, moving from different disciplinary backgrounds, deepen the comprehension of techo-nihilism and its relationships with contemporary social theory. From a philosophical point of view, P. Gomarasca offers a remarkable contribution in clarifying similarities and differences with respect to G.Deleuze's position, while Porta recovers two notions forgotten by the economic theory such as brotherhood and gift

THE ENTROPIC EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE: TOWARDS A BIFURCATION

The entropic effect of globalisation and the challenge of sustainability provide an opportunity for a critical exploration of the interplay between life, order and social change. Drawing on the principles of self-organisation observed in living beings, we delve into the continuous exchange of energy and resources, the general connectedness of all that is alive. Organisms, through their interaction with the environment, renew themselves by dissipating entropy, a process essential to maintaining internal order. Life (physical, biological, psychic or social) is a (dynamic) balance between entropic and neghentropic forces and tends towards greater complexity and organisation. Conversely, when entropy grows and prevails, life moves towards disorganisation, fragmentation, de-differentiation, chaos and death. Human beings are able to extend their reach through technology and socio-political institutions. These exosomatic extensions redefine their relationship with the environment, expanding the possibilities of life. Industrialisation has further catalysed this process, liberating individual desire and increasing productive capacity. As a result, billions of people have witnessed unprecedented improvements in their life possibilities. But all this has greatly increased entropy. To improve neghentropy beyond the individualisation/totalisation model favoured by digitisation, towards true sustainability, a paradigm shift from individualism to interdependence (based on scientific, rather than ethical, evidence) is required. In sum, our exploration reveals how the inherent interconnectedness of life can be a starting point for addressing the unexpected consequences of globalisation, challenging entropy and promoting resilience in the face of new global challenges

Immagini di società civile. Una ricerca empirica nella cultura del ceto politico in Italia

La ricerca sociologica presentata in questo volume si propone di verificare, tramite un’ampia serie di interviste a parlamentari, politici del livello locale e dirigenti della burocrazia ministeriale e regionale, la rappresentazione e le aspettative del ceto politico e amministrativo riguardo alla società civile nel nostro Paese all’inizio del XXI secolo.- Indice #4- Introduzione Élites politiche e società civile tra opposizione e identità, Vincenzo Cesareo #- Parte prima Uno schema teorico #16- Cap.I Lo spazio della società civile, Mauro Magatti #18- Parte seconda L’indagine empirica #64- Cap.II Note sul metodo: il percorso di ricerca e gli strumenti di lettura, Rita Bichi #66- Cap.III Definizioni, soggetti e valori della società civile, Mauro Magatti e Rita Bichi #82- Cap.IV Intorno alla società civile italiana, Marco Lombardi #130- Conclusioni, Mauro Magatti #166- Appendice #190- Il termine “società civile” nel linguaggio della politica: un esempio, Alberto Bourlot #192- Allegati #218- Bibliografia #23

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Märkte als konkrete Handlungssysteme: Einige Überlegungen zur Korruption in Italien.

In the eighties in Italy emerged a system of corruption, which transcended the classical figure of reciprocity between persons who know each other very well. Corruption was expected in certain situations from all sides and so it could work even between persons, who didn't know each other. This system of corruption fit very well in the market system. It was not a deviation, but a constitutive moment of Italian capitalism in the eighties, which allowed simple solutions for problems hard to solve in a democratic system

Generative social actions and contemporary critical theory: towards a post-consumeristic society?

In this chapter, we model three ideal-types of generative social action: direct empowerment, contributory investment and environmental enhancement. Generative social actions, going beyond justice, indicate the existence of an opposite pole to domination defined as a violation in action of one or more principle of justice which are the common denominator of contemporary theories of justice (i.e. common humanity, common dignity, personhood as an end in itself, autonomy of the person, uniqueness of the person). We call ‘endowment’ this pole, containing generative social actions among others. On one side, it reframes the theory of action critical theory refers to, by adding a further possibility to act to justice and domination, notably in asymmetrical power relations. On the other, due that endowment actions can change the power balance among people and groups and favours the widespread of capacities, it has the potential to drive us out of the individualized-consumerist society

Le capitalisme de la valeur contextuelle. La perspective de la generativité

A new spirit of capitalism rose from the economic crises: the shared value capitalism, where the realization of the self is tied to contextual valu