Dall’attore alle azioni. La sociologia e le trasformazioni degli intellettuali verso la società in Rete
From the Actor to the Actions. Sociology and the Transformations of Intellectuals towards Network Society
Abstract [ita]
Il saggio si propone di ricostruire le trasformazioni degli intellettuali nel passaggio dalla società industriale a quella post-industriale sino ad arrivare alla società globale in Rete, attraverso una breve rassegna critica dei principali filoni di ricerca sociologica che si sono occupati di questo tema. La tesi di fondo è che gli intellettuali non siano più un’élite sociale e culturale definita dal proprio rapporto con i movimenti politici, ma una massa e una pluralità di attori altamente differenziati che, mentre partecipano delle dinamiche del potere e del contro-potere, della critica e della produzione economica nella società globale, trovano nella Rete un ambiente gravido di rischi e opportunità.
Abstract [eng]
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the transformation of intellectuals in contemporary global post-industrial society, through a critical review on sociological studies and researches. The thesis is that contemporary intellectuals should not consider a socio-cultural élite or vanguard but a swarm of social actors defined by their relationship with the digital media and the economic sphere. After two introductive paragraphs focused on the critic approach – it is based on the new knowledge sociology – the third and the fourth ones argues the most important studies on intellectuals wrote in industrial society age (theory of the New Class, New-Marxism theory, Weberanian theory, sociology of knowledge). The least paragraphs are focused on a discussion about the new sociology of intellectuals in a post-industrial society and the problem of the relationships between digital media and the intellectual actions in contemporary world.
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