http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/4034 Affettività, sensibilità ed emozioni nel XXI secolo / Affectivity, Sensitivity and Emotions in the 21st Century 2026-04-14T16:30:56Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/4043 Emotional Culture as Sociological Concept: On Emotional Turn in Understanding of Modern Society Simonova, Olga The sociology of emotions aspires to give a description of the emotional culture of modern societies (most notably western societies); the peculiarities of the said culture contribute to the surge of interest in emotions in knowledge and everyday life—the so called “emotional turn”. The author attempts to determine the outlines of “emotional culture” concept, show what constitutes the distinctive nature of the sociological understanding of the emotional culture, which could provide an increment of knowledge and critical re-evaluation of modern social realities. The modern studies in the field of the sociology of emotions allow to suggest that in the modern societies a neo-sentimentalist culture is forming as an unintended consequence of rationalization of all the aspects of society life, modern consumer culture, individualization, etc. The emotional culture of modernity is characterized by the combination of rational attitude to emotions and simultaneous special attention to feelings, specific expression of collective emotions, persistent search for authentic feelings. One of the striking manifestations of the emotional culture of modernity is a phenomenon of “emotional labour”, when the ability to control emotions is commercialized both in public and private sphere. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/4042 Conflitto e solidarietà sociale. Il ruolo delle emozioni e della morale nell’impianto teorico di Randall Collins Bifulco, Luca This work aims to be an analysis of Randall Collins’ theoretical pattern bringing together conflict, social solidarity and the emotional foundation of everyday life. The starting point is his interaction rituals theory, in which the link between emotions, solidarity, morality and social action is significant. This theoretical model is then used by the American sociologist to understand conflicts and violence-related phenomena. The article aims to present these aspects of Collins’ theoretical effort, with its merits and limitations, highlighting the central role of emotional energy. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/4041 La sociologia delle emozioni e il legame sociale. Ripensare il rapporto “tra umani” nella società tecnologica D'Ambrosio, Mariangela Emotions are essential elements that create social relationship: emotions are characterized by personal and social identity that come out from the communication with others. The social relationship’s construction is also emotional, in a mix of exogenous and endogenous variables. The Sociology of Emotions, starting from the classics, tries to capture these different variables in a reflective, continuous and fluid exchange and reflection. It’s important, especially in our occidental society, to read and to interpret emotions returning to the human, reflecting on challenges of the relationship and re-discussing complexities and problems that interpersonal experiences contemplate. In different “environments”, not only in pragmatic but also in virtual ones, in an emotional e social exchange “onlife”. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/4040 "Till Death Do us Part”. Analysis of the Marital Relationships in the 21st Century Di Tullio, Ilaria; D'Ambrosio, Gabriella Despite of globalization and individualization processes throughout last decades, everyday individual life has radically changed. Particularly, traditional family system has been affected by these phenomena if we consider the increase in marital uncertainty and, hence, the de-legitimization of the old-fashioned conjugal bond. This is mostly due to the recent introduction of the divorce law through European Countries. For this reason, this descriptive study, supported by secondary statistical data, aims at analyzing both the marriage rate and the divorce rate from a longitudinal and comparative perspective. Furthermore, with the purpose to furnish an overview as more complete as possible, outside and inside marriage birth rates are taken into account. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z