Ethical-political analysis of cognitive, moral and aesthetic spaces

Abstract

This paper presents an ethical-political analysis of the phenomenon of discrimination because of what Bauman calls social spacing (cognitive, moral and aesthetic), also exploring the biopolitical consequences derived from these. The philosophical support has been structured from authors like Rorty, Walzer, Simmel, Nussbaum and Esposito, resorting to interdisciplinary dialogue with theoretical horizons such as those of social anthropology and sociology. The significant contribution of this text is that it deepens and broadens the theory of social spacing from philosophy, using concepts such as circle of us, fantasy of purity, awareness of inadequacy, and emotional experience.