PUBLIC SPACE: FROM MODERNITY TO POST-MODERNITY
Public space. Modernity. Post-modernity
The hazy and tortuous ways by which modernity has risen and fruited are also traces that justify the difficulty of locating its origin in the history of the world. In developing and advancing in Europe, the modern Era diffused differently and at different times between countries. Nevertheless, consensually, it was marked by three major events: the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, these events constitute the structural basis of the formation of capitalism. Considered in this work, in a broad perspective, the public space is the catalytic focus of such transformations. The individual, who had previously been guided by tradition and religion, as well as by his direct relationship with nature, lost his assurances to lead and came to rely on new interpretations of everyday experiences. Starting from the conception that subjects are formed and form their means, in modernity, the monetarization of relationships had resonance in the most diverse social interactions. These transformations gain new meanings in postmodernity, which, from the point of view of political economy, can be situated in the transition from Fordism to the flexible accumulation of capital. In this perspective, this work seeks to investigate the transformations occurring in the public space, ranging from modernity to postmodernity, trying to understand the ways in which economic, political, social and cultural changes affected urban social life. Methodologically, it is intended to articulate the theoretical concepts learned as the basis for categories of analysis of specific literary and cinematographic works. Thus, it is in the perspective of understanding the changes that have occurred and occur in the public space in modernity and postmodernity, from contemporary concepts, analytically and dialectically, that this research advances.