La fine del rischio accettabile e la crisi dell’immaginario sociale moderno.

The crisis of the welfare state, the long timescale of democratic politics compared to the fast pace of the economy, the precariousness of work, the perennial interconnectedness and simultaneous loneliness of the individual, together with the risks entailed by pandemics, climate change and wars, appear to be global phenomena that are ‘out of control’. All this leads to the disappearance of the possibility of using risk/benefit assessment, making the self-understanding inherent in the modern social imaginary problematic. What emerges, on an ethical level, is the need to affirm a principle of co-responsibility that, in everyday life, as on a global level, refers to the recursive ring of care that connects care for oneself, for others (including animals), and for what surrounds us (including institutions). This requires a new paradigm based on a systemic approach to the different dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, economic) and the design of a new global political order.