Book, Babel: between uncertainty and hope[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. Mandatory reading to understand this time of uncertainty Nothing seems to be in its place in the world anymore. We are between what has ceased to be and what is not yet. None of the sociopolitical movements that helped undermine the foundations of the old world are ready to inherit it. No consistent ideology or vision has emerged that promises to shape new institutions for this new world. On the one hand, political and economic problems produced globally must be solved locally by governments that today no longer embody the old nation-states. On the other, a hyperconnectivity that can give, through social networks, the illusory sensation of activism and political participation, but which often works as a mere release of conscience. In between, the shifting fabric that governs the uncertain relationships of our time and in which, even so, hope survives. Welcome to Babel. In the form of a broad dialogue, ZygmuntBauman and Ezio Mauro discuss the impasses of globalized capitalism, the dangers of weakening democracy and the role of hope that resists - for today and those to come.