Un altro modo di stare al mondo. Critica e futuro dell'abitare = Another Way of Being in the World: Critique and the Future of Living

Abstract

The contribution critically analyzes the contemporary condition of dwelling in light of the concept of the Urbanocene, proposing it as a theoretical key to understanding the interweaving of ecological, political, social, and cultural crises affecting global cities. Far from representing a completed era of dwelling, our time is marked by a widespread sense of uprooting, alienation, and uninhabitability. Through engagement with authors such as Hartmut Rosa, Franck Fischbach, Rahel Jaeggi, Charles Taylor, and Nancy Fraser, the text highlights how the city, once the place of the polis and human dwelling, has transformed into a space of polycrisis and dispossession, symbolizing a broken metabolism between society and nature. The reflection points toward a rethinking of dwelling that goes beyond the logic of the smart city and reactivates alternative political, ecological, and relational horizons, capable of reigniting utopian energies and imagining another way of being in the world.