Resumen

FONSECA, Jorge Guilherme Teixeira da. Self-growth and individualism. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.2. ISSN 1808-4281.

On many great civilizations there were people with had a special understanding about themselves and their roll on the society they lived. They grow a spiritual and intellectual relationship with the gods the worship and their world. In the West this especial relationship become the modern individualism. And it carries many facets that needs recognition as a fundamental part of the Modernity. The Modernity it is not a finish phenomenon but it’s in constant self-transformation. What maybe a source of conflict and suffering for those incapable of constantly follow those changes, especially in a world on time-space contraction with a display highly increase information and a program obsolescence by consumerism. To fight this situation new forms of mediation between individual and society are made: the specialist network, dedicate to help the adaptation of the individual to the new pos-modern society.

Palabras clave : Individualism; Culture; Modernity.

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