Individualización y cultura de autoayuda. Las personas jóvenes adultas en un contexto de cambio social
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2025
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30/10/2024
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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La individualización constituye uno de los cambios definitorios de la modernidad tardía, un gran proceso social que ha redefinido la relación individuo-sociedad. Esta tesis considera el impacto de esta transformación y su trascendencia discursiva partiendo de las experiencias de las personas jóvenes adultas en España. La individualización otorga a los individuos una relevancia histórica inédita y favorece la emergencia de una cultura de autoayuda con distintos dispositivos que los orienta en esa búsqueda de soluciones biográficas a problemas sistémicos. La identidad se convierte en una tarea y, como se puede observar en el coaching, se establece una nueva exigencia para el sujeto: la obligación de realizar un trabajo permanente sobre uno mismo. En este escenario de cambio social e incertidumbre los individuos deben lidiar con los vientos del azar apoyándose en una creciente variedad de soportes...
Individualisation is one of the defining social changes of late modernity, a process which has redefined the relationship between the individual and society. This thesis considers the impact of this transformation and its discursive relevance through the experiences of young adults in Spain. Individualisation provides individuals with an unprecedented historical relevance and fosters the emergence of a self-help culture which includes different devices that guide them in their search for biographical solutions to systemic problems. With this development, identity is no longer inherited, but rather has become a task. As we find in coaching, a new demand is introduced for individuals, the obligation to immerse themselves in a permanent project of self-development. And yet, in this scenario of social change and uncertainty, individuals must deal with the winds of chance by relying on a growing variety of supports...
Individualisation is one of the defining social changes of late modernity, a process which has redefined the relationship between the individual and society. This thesis considers the impact of this transformation and its discursive relevance through the experiences of young adults in Spain. Individualisation provides individuals with an unprecedented historical relevance and fosters the emergence of a self-help culture which includes different devices that guide them in their search for biographical solutions to systemic problems. With this development, identity is no longer inherited, but rather has become a task. As we find in coaching, a new demand is introduced for individuals, the obligation to immerse themselves in a permanent project of self-development. And yet, in this scenario of social change and uncertainty, individuals must deal with the winds of chance by relying on a growing variety of supports...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, leída el 30-10-2024