From individualism to “us”, to public scene
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.11077Keywords:
youngsters, consumerism, Young people group, participation, networks and alliances, public sceneAbstract
This article analyzes, on one side, the consumer society global tendency which pretends to mold the youngsters as consumers, competitive e individualistic to the point that they end up prioritizing the loneliness as central aspect of their lives, situation which causes a political sociability crisis. On the other side, considers that even though these global tendencies, in Medellín city there are youngsters that share a exclusion and violence common history they decide to face when they assume their own fears and the fear to others, this unleashes a struggle for the recognition that lead them to establish networks and make alliances with other youngsters to get in to the public scene.
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