These pages aim to emphasize the not occasional link among “network”, “technology” and “pandemic” as potential characterization of the word “society” (that is, our society). In particular, I will try to clarify in what sense the network society, according to Manuel Castells’ definition (§ 1), inherently equates to a techno-society or Gestell-society, rather a mere technological society (§ 2). I will also try to clarify why its constitutive technological vocation could transform such a society into a pandemic society: an ideal incubator of pandemic phenomena. On this basis, the real face of the pandemic society proves to be that of a unary society: a social and epochal framework immunized against the difference, i.e. unable to tolerate any form of authentic otherness (§ 3).
Queste pagine si propongono di evidenziare il nesso non occasionale che intercorre fra i termini: network, tecnica, pandemia, considerati come altrettante possibili determinazioni del sostantivo “società”. Della nostra società. In particolare, si cercherà di chiarire in che senso la network society, secondo la formula coniata dal sociologo Manuel Castells (§ 1), è intrinsecamente una techno-society o Gestell-society, anziché una mera technological society (§ 2), e in che misura una tale, congenita vocazione tecnica la esponga al rischio di trasformarsi in una pandemic society: un incubatore ideale di fenomeni pandemici. Su queste basi, il vero volto della società pandemica si rivela quello di una società unaria: una cornice sociale ed epocale immunizzata alla differenza, incapace di tollerare qualsiasi forma di autentica alterità (§ 3).
La società pandemica
Cera A
Primo
2020
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These pages aim to emphasize the not occasional link among “network”, “technology” and “pandemic” as potential characterization of the word “society” (that is, our society). In particular, I will try to clarify in what sense the network society, according to Manuel Castells’ definition (§ 1), inherently equates to a techno-society or Gestell-society, rather a mere technological society (§ 2). I will also try to clarify why its constitutive technological vocation could transform such a society into a pandemic society: an ideal incubator of pandemic phenomena. On this basis, the real face of the pandemic society proves to be that of a unary society: a social and epochal framework immunized against the difference, i.e. unable to tolerate any form of authentic otherness (§ 3).File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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