Vollständiger Titel
SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)
Verlag
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
1590-7031 (Gedruckte Zeitschrift)
1972-5752 (Online-Zeitschrift)
Nummer der Ausgabe
53
Andere Beschreibung der Ausgabe
53
Erscheinungsdatum der Ausgabe (YYYY/MM)
2015/10
Vollständiger Titel
Unici proprio come tutti gli altri. Patologie dell'individualismo nell'epoca contemporanea
Von (Autor)
Erste Seite
9
Letzte Seite
21
Sprache des Textes
Italienisch
Erscheinungsdatum
2015/10
Copyright
2015 FrancoAngeli srl
Vorwort
In this essay, after briefly delineating the main features of contemporary individualism, I describe two forms of pseudo-individualization that characterize todays' developed societies: the «heterodirected self-invention of personal identity» and the phenomenon of the «entrepreneurs of themselves». Both processes, behind the appearance of promoting the individual's chances of self-determination and self-realization, conceal forms of homologation and heterodirection. Through the analysis of their causes, I draw the conclusion that contemporary individualism will be able to keep its normative promises only if paired with the development of relationships of mutual recognition.