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ATOMIZED SOCIETY [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Sociology of Communication
CONT

An increasingly atomized society - more post-intimate than post-industrial - where commodification, consumption and customer service rank ahead of community building or connection, where litigation is rampant and risk-management proscribes professional action which once was about the interpretation of needs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Sociologie de la communication
CONT

La confrontation entre la logique du social et celle de l'économique [...] peut conduire à deux situations tout aussi négatives l'une que l'autre : soit se libérer des contraintes sociales ce qui ouvre la voie aux inégalités et à la violence, soit opter sur le repli sur soi, ce qui produira le développement d'une société atomisée constitués d'une multitude de communautés.

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