Do Political Generations Exist? Reflections Around a Conceptual Controversy

The conceptualization and application of the notion of "generation" have been the subject of many debates in the field of the contemporary social theory. This article presents the path that the use of the concept in the field of social theory has had, from its first applications to the con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Longa, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/2051
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/2051
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geração
grupos
teoria social contemporânea
geração política
ethos militante
movimentos sociais.
Generation
cohorts
contemporary social theory
political generation
militant ethos
social movements.
Generación
cohortes
teoría social contemporánea
generación política
movimientos sociales.
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Sumario:The conceptualization and application of the notion of "generation" have been the subject of many debates in the field of the contemporary social theory. This article presents the path that the use of the concept in the field of social theory has had, from its first applications to the contemporary approaches. At the same time, the main current challenges to the use of this notion are noted, in order to support its own positioning concerning the debate, which rescues the relevance of the concept of political generation for understanding the dynamics of social movements, in function of a broad and comprehensive perspective.