Maffesoli and the optimism of the present

Authors

  • Márcio Souza Gonçalves University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2004.25.5396

Keywords:

Michel Maffesoli, theories of communication, optimism

Abstract

A negative humor seems to mark the analyzes of contemporary thinkers. We can cite at random Debord and Baudrillard. Even the most optimistic thinkers do not escape: in these cases, a positive diagnosis of our (next) future coexists with a negative apprehension of our present. It is from this situation that Maffesoli gains its value, because there is in his thinking a base affectivity of markedly positive, cheerful, affirmative tone.

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Author Biography

Márcio Souza Gonçalves, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

He holds a degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1990), a Master's degree in Communication from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1994) and a PhD in Communication from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2000). He is an adjunct professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

References

DELEUZE, Gilles. Périclès et Verdi: la philosophie de François

Châtelet. Paris: Minuit, 1988.

LÉVY. Pierre. Cyberculture. Paris: Odile Jacob, 1997.

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Gonçalves, M. S. (2008). Maffesoli and the optimism of the present. Revista FAMECOS, 11(25), 40–42. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2004.25.5396

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 25 (2004)

Section

Dossier Michel Maffesoli

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