he contemporary dehumanization process and its relationship with hyperindividualization

Abstract

This work aims to establish a parallel between the hyper individualization process of the contemporary society and the dehumanization of the other, which is represented by the figure of the immigrant, the foreigner or the different. Marked by private interests and unrestrained competition, this process instigates individuals to dehumanize the other due to their own fears and insecurities, their goals are essentially private, without commitment to society and the public, leading to the construction of the other as a competitor and potentially enemy. This entire process transforms the social space into a series of isolated islands in a voluntary and involuntary way, where the first concerns the atomized individual and the second, the dehumanized individual.