The Post-modern Prince: Post-truth and Digital Swarms

Abstract

At present, the diagnosis of many authors points to a deep "crisis of modernity", a crisis that has been called "Post-modernity". One of the characteristics of "the post-modern" is, precisely, the breakdown of the great ideological stories; this bankruptcy of the metanarratives brings with it a weakening of the political parties. If the political party is no longer the bearer of a collective will and individual power is unthinkable in a mass society, the question about the new forms that the exercise of power acquires is inevitable. What characteristics does the Post-modern Prince evidence in our present - a present of consumption and digital networks?