title: [The twofold face of fatalism: collectivist fatalism and individualist fatalism].
abstract: Fatalism has been a central framework for understanding the psychological processes in cultures with pronounced collectivism that are economically poorly developed. In this context, fatalism emerges as cognitive schema defined by passive and submissive acceptance of an irremediable destiny, governed by some natural force or the will of some God. This image has now lost such a clear profile. But currently, fatalism also accompanies the life of people from individualist cultures, who live in a highly developed, or even opulent, economic context. In this case, fatalism is like some mood of uncertainty, insecurity, and helplessness following the events that characterize the society of global risk. In this paper, we propose a theory to develop the two faces of fatalism.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. amalio.blanco@uam.es
authors.forename: Amalio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Darío
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D012938:Social Perception; D012942:Social Sciences