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Unexpected action and insecurity: some structural characteristics of postmodernity Cover

Unexpected action and insecurity: some structural characteristics of postmodernity

By: Antonio Cocozza  
Open Access
|Jan 2021

Abstract

This essay presents an analysis of the structural and cultural characteristics of postmodern society’s new capitalism, underscoring the fact that uncertainty, flexibility, mobility and risk are the latest categories of contemporary life, with which we need to interact and communicate constantly.

It is necessary to aim at governing uncertainty by activating a new logic of the diffused empowerment of people aimed at promoting value for all the stakeholders by sharing objectives, development plans and the joint redesign of technologies, structures and processes. This is a perspective which places the person at the centre of strategic action, relaunches a New Humanism, invests in the cultural dimension, enhances that of value with a view to surpassing theutilitarian and technocentric paradigm while asserting a new anthropocentric

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2020-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2587-3326 | Journal ISSN: 2587-3318
Language: English
Page range: 26 - 41
Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: DISFOR University of Genova, International Institute of Management IMI-Nova and Fondazione Sicurezza e libertà
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Antonio Cocozza, published by DISFOR University of Genova, International Institute of Management IMI-Nova and Fondazione Sicurezza e libertà
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