Post Society By Carlo Bordoni 9781509553914 (Paperback)

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Sociology & anthropology books

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John wiley and sons ltd

Post Society : John Wiley and Sons Ltd : 9781509553914 : 29 Jul 2022 : Our societies are in transition, spurred on by a pandemic that disrupted many aspects of the social world we once took for granted. We've left behind the ?solid modernity' of the twentieth century and even the ?liquid modernity' so brilliantly analysed by Zygmunt Bauman, but what kind of society is now taking shape around us?  In this highly original reflection on the current state of our world, Carlo Bordoni argues that we are on the threshold of ?post-society', a condition in which social distancing becomes the norm, real social relations are diminishing in favour of those mediated by technology, existential loneliness is becoming widespread, and we find ourselves voluntarily submitting to new forms of surveillance and control in the hope of increasing our security. Emotions are increasingly assuming a central role in social life, not only because of the growing prevalence of social media, which provide platforms

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