Description
DIFFUSE SOCIETIES
Book Summary
This work offers a deep analysis of the crisis of borders and boundaries in contemporary societies. The author examines how the confusion between the public and the private, security and risk, or the normative and the marginal, is eroding the foundations of our democracies. A rigorous study that unravels the uncertainties and threats facing our political and social future.
What is it about?
The book addresses the growing trend toward the dissolution of traditional boundaries in today's societies. It analyzes how this unsystematic and chaotic confluence of margins and borders generates a blurring of the categories that have organized social life until now. The text focuses on identifying the dangers of this contemporary confusion, particularly the mixing of the interior with the exterior, the private with the public, and risk with security. Through this diagnosis, it explores how these processes can lead to the deterioration of democratic systems and pave the way for the rise of populist and authoritarian regimes.
Main themes
- Blurring of borders and social boundaries in the contemporary era.
- Crisis of the distinction between the public and the private.
- Relationship between risk, security, and normativity in modern societies.
- Analysis of the threats to democracy and the rise of populism.
- Study of margins and borders as spaces of social uncertainty.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and social science scholars interested in processes of social and political change. It is also of great value to readers with a background in political or cultural theory who seek to understand the dynamics of democratic decomposition and the rise of authoritarian movements. It is essential reading for those who desire a rigorous academic analysis of the challenges of contemporary society.
What this book contributes
- A solid theoretical framework for understanding the contemporary confusion of social and political categories.
- Analytical tools to identify the risks threatening current democratic systems.
- A deep reflection on the consequences of the blurring of boundaries between the public and the private.
- A critical perspective on the roots of populism and authoritarianism in the context of diffuse societies.
Technical specifications
- Author: ROCHE CARCEL, JUAN A.
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LITERARY ESSAYS, CULTURAL STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THEORY
- Collection: SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Edition date: January 2021
- Number of pages: 336
- Weight: 749 g
Editorial review
This is a highly topical work that addresses with academic competence one of the central problems of our time: the erosion of the boundaries that sustain democratic life. The author's proposal offers an original and necessary approach to understanding how the confusion between fundamental categories can lead to political and social instability. An essential text for those seeking to understand the foundations of the contemporary democratic crisis from a rigorous sociological perspective.