Maffesoli and the optimism of the present
A negative humor seems to mark the analyzes of contemporary thinkers. We can cite at random Debord and Baudrillard. Even the most optimistic thinkers do not escape: in these cases, a positive diagnosis of our (next) future coexists with a negative apprehension of our present. It is from this situati...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/5396 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/5396 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Michel Maffesoli theories of communication optimism Teorias da comunicação Otimismo |
| Sumario: | A negative humor seems to mark the analyzes of contemporary thinkers. We can cite at random Debord and Baudrillard. Even the most optimistic thinkers do not escape: in these cases, a positive diagnosis of our (next) future coexists with a negative apprehension of our present. It is from this situation that Maffesoli gains its value, because there is in his thinking a base affectivity of markedly positive, cheerful, affirmative tone. |
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