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Giorgio Bertini
Research Professor. Director at Learning Change Project – Research on society, culture, art, neuroscience, cognition, critical thinking, intelligence, creativity, autopoiesis, self-organization, rhizomes, complexity, systems, networks, leadership, sustainability, thinkers, futures ++
Giorgio Bertini does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from these papers, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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Our Grim Future: Restored Neoliberalism or Hybrid Neofascism?
With the specter of a New Great Depression hovering over most of the planet, realpolitik perspectives for a radical change of the political economy framework we live in are not exactly encouraging. Western ruling elites will be deploying myriad tactics … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Fascism, Futures, Neoliberalism
Tagged capitalism, Fascism, futures, neoliberalism
Rethinking the Link Between Structure and Collective Action. Capitalism, Politics, and the Theory of Social Movements
Social movement scholars have rarely paid attention to the transformations of capitalism as factors of social movement formation processes. This paper makes two different but complementary contributions. First, we provide a macro-social theory that connects the emergence of social movements … Continue reading
Posted in Collective action, Social movements
Tagged collective action, social movements
The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine facility. Decisions on how to apply quarantine should be … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Psychology
Tagged Coronavirus, psychology
The Rhizomatics of Domination: From Darwin to Biotechnology
In a time where global warming, pantoxicity, pesticide pollution, resource scarcity, and a whole host of environmental problems regularly appear in news headlines, the perennial question about what the relationship between humans and nature is and should be, is more … Continue reading
Posted in Domination, Rhizomes
Tagged Domination, rhizomes
A pandemic of boredom
It was just the two of them: on a raft, lost, floating off the coast of Africa—the lone survivors of a shipwreck. Years before, struck with stupendous boredom, Hymie Basteshaw decided to become boredom’s master. He read what others wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus
Tagged Coronavirus
Pandemic practicalities and how to help teenagers manage time at home
IIt’s May and many of us have fond memories of springtime when we were in high school. There was some stress from exams and final papers to be sure, but also more outdoor activities, sports, banquets or awards assemblies, proms, … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Teenagers
Tagged Coronavirus, teenagers
The fruits of social anger
To those who say anger is destructive or pointless: Not so! Getting angry spurs and sustains us to take action for justice You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I’m one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Social action, Social justice
Tagged anger, Social action, social justice
For a child, being carefree is intrinsic to a well-lived life
Some people are lucky enough to look back at their childhood with affection for a time in life without much stress and anxiety. They might think of long hours spent playing in the backyard free of worry, or pursuing projects … Continue reading
COVID-19: Guía de antídotos éticos para sacar al planeta de la UCI
La pandemia provocada por el SARS-CoV 2 ha pillado al “sistema inmune social” en una situación de enorme debilidad. A ese sistema han contribuido importantes procesos de transformación hacia la “sociedad del bienestar” tras las catástrofes de las dos guerras … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Ethics
Tagged Coronavirus, ethics
Collective Intentionality and the (Re)Production of Social Norms
This article aims to contribute to a critical ontology of social objects. Recent works on collective intentionality and norm-following neglect the question how free agents can be brought to collectively intend to x , although x is not in their … Continue reading
Posted in Collective intentionality, Social ontology
Tagged collective intentionality, social ontology
