Abstract

The present article questions the status and representation of social economy within the large frame of modern mentality. The existence of a structural fault in the core constitution of contemporary economy at large, as fundamental cause of modern civilizations failures is raised. In the economic-political structure of modern State, the social economy has only a role of a sort of pacifier, a reliever, or cleaner, of the social problems generated by the liberal market economic, like inequality, poverty, marginalization, exclusion, etc. But this image of an implacable state of affair, I shall argue, is only the result of a limited cultural mentality of modern technical rationalism which legitimates it, and the future development of human race is unsure as long as this cultural representation remains unchanged. The harmony and suitable development of global economy requires instead, are-thinking of the basis economic and political system, in accord with the undergoing development and evolution of human consciousness.