Post Society

By: Carlo Bordoni

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Hardcover | 29 July 2022 | Edition Number 1

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182 Pages

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Our societies are in transition, spurred on by a pandemic that disrupted many aspects of the social world we once took for granted. Weâve left behind the âsolid modernityâ of the twentieth century and even the âliquid modernityâ 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 âpost-societyâ, 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 for the public expression of emotion, but also because emotions have been freed from the ârepression of emotionalityâ that had characterized modern society.

While many of these developments are rooted in broader social transformations, they were all deepened and accelerated by the pandemic, which propelled us headlong into a brave new world where social relations are sustained without physical contact but with intense communication. This is the new post-social condition: more humanity, less sociality.

Industry Reviews

''Carlo Bordoni engages our emergent conditions and thereby makes visible a range of elements too easily overlooked. This is a must-read for those among us who experience a kind of discomfort with the standard definitions.''
Saskia Sassen, Columbia University

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