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In an era defined by social upheaval and rapid digital transformation, this Handbook offers a compelling exploration of how communities are reshaping the cultural, economic, and political fabric of contemporary life. It argues that today's social and digital spaces have evolved into a new kind of public "agora"—not simply arenas for critique, but dynamic sites where citizens collectively reinvent the foundations of democratic life.
At the heart of the Handbook is the concept of the "community of resistance": groups of individuals who, facing crisis or unsettling change, come together to protect and reinforce their social bonds, identities, and institutions. Through these collective practices, they forge new forms of participatory citizenship and grassroots activism that challenge traditional power structures.
Blending theory, case studies, and critical analysis, the Handbook reveals how these bottom‑up initiatives are increasingly shaping political agendas and seeking institutional recognition. It illuminates a vibrant field of democratic experimentation—one in which everyday people are turning resistance into policy, transforming activism into legitimacy, and reimagining what it means to participate in public life. It will appeal to students and scholars in the social sciences, particularly to those interested in community, the digital transformation of society, social movements, and political resistance.
Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: BETWEEN EXISTING AND RESISTING; 1. Rethinking the concept of community in its many forms within the fragmented society; 2. Communities of resistance between empowerment and direct social action; 3. Virtual Communities as Communities of Resistance: Past Experiences and New Challenges on the Platform Society; PART II: RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE; 4. Solidarities of Difference as a Theoretical Foundation for Communities of Resistance; 5. Religious communities as sites of resistance: beyond identity; 6. Communities of Food Activists: Communication and Prefigurative Politics in Solidarity Purchasing Groups (GAS); 7. Commoning Resistance: Food Sovereignty and New Rurality in the Cilento Region in Southern Italy; 8. From communities of resistance to resilient communities: Practices for building a new post-disaster social order; PART III: COMMUNITY PRACTICES: COLLECTIVE ACTION AND DIRECT SOCIAL ACTIONS; 9. Communities: Between resisting and existing; 10. Social and racial inequalities in Brazil: A look at anti-racist resistance struggles in contemporary times; 11. Indigenous peoples and planetary health: From resistance to governance; 12. Confronting the State: Forming Political Communities, Visibilising Disapearance in Algeria; 13. (Re)claiming Taiwan: Indigenous people and Taiwanese energy transition - between reclaiming land, constructing identity, and building security; 14. Enabling or Hindering Resistant Knowledge? Comparing Interactions Between State and Anti-Violence Against Women Movements in Denmark and Italy; 15. Solidarity Economy Initiatives as Communities of Resistance in Lebanon; PART IV: ANTAGONISM AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE IN ANALOGICAL AND DIGITAL SPACE; 16. Digital Publics as Emotional Communities in the Context of Therapeutic Culture: The Search for Optimal Emotion Management for Mindful Problem Solving (Mindfulness School in Contemporary Russia); 17. Affective publics and participatory security: digital communities of resistance in the Donnexstrada and Scrivi quando arrivi cases; 18. Communities in the Game World Between Online and Offline: Virtual Terrain Between Activism, Social Influence and Resistance; 19. Artistic practices and community of resistance: The Encounter Between Kepler-452 and the ex-GKN Workers' Movement; 20. Poetry Between Technocreative and Community Process; CONCLUSIONS; 21. Conclusions. Community Between Practices and Resistance: New Challenges
