Social cohesion in the "ecological State"

// ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: The urge of ecological issues forces to question radically resources' access and share models, putting under scrutiny the right of human communities to such exploitation. A transition toward an "ecological State" implies the acceptance of a limitation of the growth of humanity as a species; a choice carrying enormous cultural consequences, changing the sense of belonging to a social group, till now considered as established on the presence of an advantage of the consociation respect to a pre-social status. The features of the "ecological State" risk to be far from a human sustainability, separating excessively State and individual purposes, weakening the solidarity tie. The formulation of instruments based on elements from classical reflection on the reasons on human consociation, ecological theories and some proposals on the design of new development scenarios, could allow an effective analysis of the challenges posed by ecological emergencies to social systems.