The world of the weakened. The perversion of money.

Abstract

Money is very important to human civilization; it has different functions in contemporary
societies those fundamentally define it as a medium and symbol. Sociological theories have
tried to explain such functions and, join with philosophy, tried to reveal money's ontology.
The offered paper here gives the thesis that money has a force function that determines
social differences and inequalities. This function presents money as a figuration of force that
acquires reality inside the social dynamics conceived by rich, middle class and poor. For that
reason, the text exposes in first section the adoption and justification of money as a
figuration of force, specifying the hermeneutical and heuristic approach. In second section, it
describes the social functions acquired by the upper, middle and lower sectors of social
sphere, that is, in categorical terms: the strengthened, tightrope-walkers and the weakened.
At the end, some final considerations are offered about money's immanence according to its
figuration of force and the property acquired from social functionalities' dynamism that
makes social differences and inequalities.