The Vacuums of Politics in Times of Globalization. Z. Bauman ¿versus? J. Habermas

Abstract

This work deals with the problem of where the political link is at the present time of globalization from the perspective of Habermas and Bauman, looking at the points they have in common and at their differences, from their origins in Critical Theory. From a different interpretation of Modernity, they analyze the elements in which the current crisis of politics is focused: the displacement of the State as social organizer, and the vacuousness of the public sphere (colonized by the systemic, or privatized) as well as the lack of solidarity feelings, generating an individualistic society lacking any sign of emancipating thought.