César Rendueles (born 1975,
Girona) is a Spanish sociologist and essayist.
Life
Although born in Girona, he grew up in Gijon and lives in Madrid. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy, was an associate professor at the
Carlos III University and visiting professor at the
National University of Colombia
The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Ces ...
. He currently teaches sociology at the
Complutense University of Madrid. He was a founding member of the cultural intervention group ''Ladinamo'', which edited the magazine of the same name. He directed cultural projects for eight years (2003-2012) at the
Circulo de Bellas Artes (Society of Fine Arts) in Madrid. He often writes on epistemology, political philosophy and cultural criticism in specialized journals.
He published two collections of works of
Karl Marx: an anthology of ''Capital'' and a selection of texts on historical materialism.
He also edited classic essays by authors such as
Walter Benjamin,
Karl Polanyi or
Jeremy Bentham and worked as a translator.
In 2011 he was curator of the exhibition ''Walter Benjamin: Constellations''.
He writes for ''El Pais''.
His book, ''Sociophobia: Political change in the era of digital utopia'' (2013) had a great impact and was selected as one of ten books of the year by the newspaper ''
El Pais''.
In it the author questions, among other things, the importance of social networks and the Internet in political action; in fact, its effect is solvent and generates a decreased social reality, not increased, lowering expectations for what can be expected from political intervention or personal relationships.
He questions, first, the ideological consensus regarding the ability of communication technologies to induce positive social dynamics. Secondly, he makes an analysis of capitalist society as a system that is destructive of community relations and puts isolated citizens at the center of political redemption.
Concepts like cyberfetishism or digital mirage are derived from this way of thinking.
Bibliography
* ''Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia, translated by Heather Cleary, foreword by
Roberto Simanowski
Roberto Simanowski (born 1963) is a German scholar of literature and media studies and founder odichtung-digital
Simanowski studied German literature and history at the University of Jena where he finished his PhD on mass-culture around 1800 wi ...
,
Columbia University Press, NYC 2017, .
* ''Capitalismo canalla. Una historia personal del capitalismo a través de la literatura'', Seix Barral 2015
* ''En bruto. Una reivindicación del materialismo histórico'', Los Libros de la Catarata 2016, .
* ''Los bienes comunes. ¿Oportunidad o espejismo?'' (mit
Joan Subirats
Joan Subirats Humet (born 1951) is a Spanish political scientist and professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since December 2021, he is minister of Universities of Spain.
He is a specialist in governance, public management and the ...
), Icaria Editorial 2016, .
References
External links
*https://espejismosdigitales.wordpress.com/acerca-de/
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1975 births
People from Girona
Spanish sociologists
Living people
Articles containing video clips