The sociology that lost the world: a reflection on some ontological consequences of the turn of the century

Abstract

This article stresses a series of sociological consequences that can be read from an ontological perspective. These consequences are related to several diagnoses made within the social sciences themselves. The objective is to strengthen certain areas of theoretical reflection, particularly the link between social sciences in general, with what is defined as social movements. The article begins by problematizing the notion of the world in light of the consequences of the phenomenon of globalization, that is, of the production of the globe. Secondly, it approaches the historical events —and some of its readings— that, by the same time, impacted Latin America and particularly Chile. In a third instance, the paper focuses on two dimensions through which theoretical conclusions urge to think about ontological consequences with respect to sociological objects, by virtue of local and global historical events. Finally, the article analyses how the modification of the way we understand the object of sociology, which almost automatically is assumed as society itself, have an impact on the way in which we think the relationship between sociology and the processes of politicization.