Imágenes de sobredosis: complejidad social e identidad en el fin de milenio

Abstract

This study explores contemporary societies from the viewpoint of complexity as a field of visibility. The first section of the essay sets out to outline the cognitive and interpretative field from which the processes that characterize complex societies can be analyzed: systematic differentiation and growing interdependence between the different spheres of society. In the second part, the analysis concentrates on the investigation of the repercussions of systemic complexity on the plane of subjectivity, and specifically on the web of new relations that is woven between identity, collective action, and society in a context of complexity.