From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order
The high complexity of modern society produces interdependencies that cannot be controlled by its original operations. Many of these interdependencies contribute to the maintenance of limits and generalized social coordination; others, however, produce unexpected complex effects whose consequences c...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2020
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| description | The high complexity of modern society produces interdependencies that cannot be controlled by its original operations. Many of these interdependencies contribute to the maintenance of limits and generalized social coordination; others, however, produce unexpected complex effects whose consequences can destroy the very units that produce them. Those operations that contribute to social coordination are recognizable as immune operations; the others can be called auto-immunity operations. Through a review of key authors in sociology and political philosophy, and through the application of their concepts of immunity and autoimmunity to the current crisis scenario, this article argues that the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates the conditions of autoimmunity in modern society and warns of a dissolution of social order as a result of these autoimmune processes. The article concludes that increasing complexity deepens the autoimmunity of modern society, so that this century can expect more autoimmune crises. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-293402020-08-25T19:00:00Z From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order De la inmunidad a la autoinmunidad: la disolución del orden social Mascareño, Aldo Immunity Autoimmunity Social systems Crisis Collapse Covid-19 Inmunidad Autoinmunidad Sistemas sociales Crisis Colapso Covid-19 The high complexity of modern society produces interdependencies that cannot be controlled by its original operations. Many of these interdependencies contribute to the maintenance of limits and generalized social coordination; others, however, produce unexpected complex effects whose consequences can destroy the very units that produce them. Those operations that contribute to social coordination are recognizable as immune operations; the others can be called auto-immunity operations. Through a review of key authors in sociology and political philosophy, and through the application of their concepts of immunity and autoimmunity to the current crisis scenario, this article argues that the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates the conditions of autoimmunity in modern society and warns of a dissolution of social order as a result of these autoimmune processes. The article concludes that increasing complexity deepens the autoimmunity of modern society, so that this century can expect more autoimmune crises. La alta complejidad de la sociedad moderna produce interdependencias que no pueden ser controladas por sus operaciones de origen. Muchas de estas interdependencias contribuyen a la mantención de límites y a la coordinación social generalizada; otras, no obstante, producen efectos complejos no esperados cuyas consecuencias pueden destruir a las mismas unidades que las producen. Aquellas operaciones que contribuyen a la coordinación social son reconocibles como operaciones inmunitarias; las otras pueden denominarse operaciones de autoinmunidad. Mediante una revisión de autores clave en la sociología y la filosofía política, y a través de la aplicación de sus conceptos de inmunidad y autoinmunidad al escenario de crisis actual, este artículo sostiene que la pandemia del Covid-19 acelera las condiciones de autoinmunidad de la sociedad moderna y advierte sobre una disolución del orden social producto de estos procesos autoinmunitarios. El artículo concluye que el aumento de complejidad profundiza la autoinmunidad de la sociedad moderna, por lo que el presente siglo puede esperar más crisis autoinmunitarias. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2020-08-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/29340 10.55441/1668.7515.n25.29340 Astrolabio; No. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 98-118 Astrolabio; Núm. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 98-118 Astrolabio; n. 25 (2020): Julio - Diciembre: "La crisis mundial del COVID-19: sociologías, feminismos y sociedad mundial"; 98-118 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n25 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/29340/30830 Derechos de autor 2020 Aldo Mascareño https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Immunity Autoimmunity Social systems Crisis Collapse Covid-19 Inmunidad Autoinmunidad Sistemas sociales Crisis Colapso Covid-19 Mascareño, Aldo From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title | From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title_alt | De la inmunidad a la autoinmunidad: la disolución del orden social |
| title_full | From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title_fullStr | From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title_full_unstemmed | From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title_short | From immunity to autoimmunity: the disolution of social order |
| title_sort | from immunity to autoimmunity the disolution of social order |
| topic | Immunity Autoimmunity Social systems Crisis Collapse Covid-19 Inmunidad Autoinmunidad Sistemas sociales Crisis Colapso Covid-19 |
| topic_facet | Immunity Autoimmunity Social systems Crisis Collapse Covid-19 Inmunidad Autoinmunidad Sistemas sociales Crisis Colapso Covid-19 |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/29340 |
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