Dignity and social action

The goals of this essay are two: the first one is to analyze the relationship between the dignity and the construction of the social action (at individual, social and institutional levels) in the transition from industrial society and post-industrial national-based society to global networking socie...

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Published in:Studi di sociologia 2014-10, Vol.52 (4), p.379-396
Main Author: Antonelli, F
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Subjects:
Action research
Buildings
Collective action
Human Dignity
Human Rights
Industrial Societies
Institutions
Populism
Social Action
Social change
Social construction
Social Constructionism
Social Movements
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Summary:The goals of this essay are two: the first one is to analyze the relationship between the dignity and the construction of the social action (at individual, social and institutional levels) in the transition from industrial society and post-industrial national-based society to global networking society. Indeed, whether the social dignity was the main form of its in the first time of the modern age, the human dignity (together human rights) is the main one at the moment. On the basis of this analysis, the second goal is to focus on some perverse effects (for example, the additional spread of the populism or the weakening of the institution) in the social construction of the dignity; in particular, about human dignity, the most important claim for the building collective action of the global social movements.
ISSN:0039-291X