Profound changes in the contemporary world have created a new context for scientific work, characterised by the deconstruction of old theories and the construction of a new network of knowledge. In this article, we analyse a few theories recently developed in the social sciences and in philosophy that make up this network: post-modernist theories, reflexive modernisation theories and Information Technology Revolution theory. In this way, we aim to provide psychologists with insights produced in other fields of knowledge that can serve as a starting point for the analysis of the subjective changes introduced by the new global scenario. We argue that psychology still observes contemporary man on the basis of traditional categories, ignoring the fact that profound social changes generate similarly profound psychological impacts that are unlikely to be detected through the use of old interpretation frameworks. We conclude that a better understanding of the radical changes our world is undergoing should help psychologists revise old certainties and look at new human phenomena in new ways.
social changes; subjective impacts; new psychological knowledge