Il rischio e la tana. Individuo e individualismo nell'epoca del realismo capitalista

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] The risk and the den. Individual and individualism in the age of capitalist realism

Giovanni Ferrario

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Abstract

[Autom. eng. transl.] In a society in which a cultic, indebted and neoliberal capitalist realist economy is rampant, the market principle is the main regulating source of human economic and relational activity. In this horizon, a culture of homologation is produced where each actor tends to confirm his own identity, which must be inserted in a codified system in order to be recognized in order to obtain a benefit in exchange. If the realist capitalist system is based on an individualistic ʻcultʼ, to break down this cult it is necessary to rebuild a secular community that tries to rediscover in a different way and courageously the festive act with which the artist in antiquity inhabited a shared, participatory and disinterested dimension. Utilitarianism, selfishness, fear, cynicism were suspended from the act of celebration in order to be able to contemplate life again in all its powerful fragility and free the human practices connected to it.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] The risk and the den. Individual and individualism in the age of capitalist realism
Original languageItalian
Pages (from-to)13-31
Number of pages19
JournalLebenswelt
Volume2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Individualismo
  • arte
  • capitalismo

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