ABSTRACT
The chapter deals with the current orientation of social theories suggesting the usefulness of concentrating on some federative themes: Agency, Anthropocene, Coloniality, Intersectionality, Other, Singularization, Technoscience and Uncertainty. It underlines the need to develop more heterogeneous theoretical tools with which to analyse the plurality of traditions, practices and perspectives that constitute current, globalized social life. It proposes a rhizomatic mode of theorizing that recognizes the importance of interconnections and multiplicities, textures and interrelationships.
The chapter suggests that rather than being confronted by a crisis of social theory, we are dealing with a new way to theorize: rather than focusing on the author and a school of thought, it focuses on emerging and federating themes. The analysis of the single federative themes proposed and their intertwining suggests a way of theorizing the social that critically reviews Western epistemological hegemony, introducing new voices and perspectives that allow a more articulated reading of the complexity of contemporary societies.
