José Ignacio López Soria

In this article the problem of the relation between life and forms in the modern city are approached from a philosophical-historical perspective. This becomes especially acute when an “overflow” of institucional dimensions of modern rationality is produced. In the case of the modern city, this “overflow” is read not as an anomia but as a consequence of the encounter of diverse lifestyles in one space. In literature it was necessary to create a new form (literary genre) in order to give a symbolical form to the life of the modern man.
Following this example the author invites the reader to think the urban management in terms of an appropiate alliance of the diversities that exist in a contemporary city.
Key words: philosophy, modern city, popular overflow, diversity.

	Resumen De la vida y las formas en la ciudad moderna.
	Se aborda aquí, desde una perspectiva histórico-filosófica, el problema de la relación entre la vida y las formas en la ciudad moderna, problema que se hace especialmente agudo cuando se produce el llamado “desborde” de las dimensiones institucionales de la racionalidad moderna. En el caso de la ciudad moderna, este “desborde” es leído no como anomia, sino como consecuencia del encuentro, en un mismo espacio, de muy diversos estilo de vida. Después de reflexionar sobre cómo en literatura fue necesario crear una nueva forma (género literario) para refigurar simbólicamente la vida del hombre moderno, el autor invita a pensar la gestión urbana en términos de agenciamiento adecuado de las diversidades que pueblan la ciudad contemporánea. Palabras claves: filosofía, ciudad moderna, desborde popular, diversidad.

	Abstract Of life and forms in a modern city.
	In this article the problem of the relation between life and forms in the modern city are approached from a philosophical-historical perspective. This becomes especially acute when an “overflow” of institucional dimensions of modern rationality is produced. In the case of the modern city, this “overflow” is read not as an anomia but as a consequence of the encounter of diverse lifestyles in one space. In literature it was necessary to create a new form (literary genre) in order to give a symbolical form to the life of the modern man. Following this example the author invites the reader to think the urban management in terms of an appropiate alliance of the diversities that exist in a contemporary city. Key words: philosophy, modern city, popular overflow, diversity.