Imaginarios sociales y transición ecológica: el plan España 2050

• Daniel Lara de la Fuente ^[1] ; Manuel Arias Maldonado ^[2]
  1. [1] Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University

     Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Málaga

     Universidad de Málaga

     Málaga, España

     
• Localización: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, ISSN 0210-5233, Nº 193, 2026, págs. 71-88
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis.193.71-88
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Social imaginaries and ecological transition: Spain 2050
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  • español

    Si la sostenibilidad medioambiental juega un papel creciente en la agenda política de la Unión Europea, el plan España 2050, publicado en el año 2021, fijó las bases discursivas de la España sostenible. Este artículo elucida cuál es ese ideal. Para ello, recurrimos al análisis del discurso: rastreamos la presencia en el texto de las categorías, conceptos y metáforas que componen un relato acerca de las causas y las soluciones de los problemas de sostenibilidad. Los resultados sugieren una visión ecléctica de la sostenibilidad. El documento es favorable al ideal discursivo reformista, si bien establece pautas de restricción de la actividad humana correspondientes a discursos medioambientales survivalistas y decrecentistas. En términos prácticos, este eclecticismo discursivo supone una concepción pluralista de la sostenibilidad.

  • English

    Environmental sustainability plays an increasingly important role in the European Union’s political agenda. Spain 2050, a document published by the Spanish government in 2021, laid the discursive foundations for a sustainable Spain. This article seeks to elucidate what this ideal entails. We draw on discourse analysis to identify the categories, concepts and metaphors that construct a narrative about the causes of and solutions to sustainability issues within the text. The results suggest an eclectic view of sustainability. The document supports a reformist discursive ideal, while also setting out guidelines for limiting human activity that reflect survivalist and degrowth-oriented environmental discourses. In practical terms, this eclectic discourse involves a pluralist conception of sustainability.

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