Unit SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Course
Politics, administration, territory
Study-unit Code
A001422
Curriculum
Politiche del territorio
Teacher
Massimo Cerulo
Teachers
  • Massimo Cerulo
Hours
  • 63 ore - Massimo Cerulo
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2019
Offered
2020/21
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
SPS/07
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian.
Contents
Through the examination of the most representative authors of the discipline and their works, the lessons will provide a historical overview of the development of sociological thought. Specific attention will be paid to the application of the theories examined for the study of the transformations and the conditions of the everyday life, with particular attention to the roles of emotions.
Reference texts
1) Cerulo, Massimo (2018), "Sociologia delle emozioni. Autori, teorie, concetti", il Mulino.

One book must be chosen among the following ones:
a) Bodei, Remo (2011), "Ira. La passione furente", il Mulino.
b) Carnevali, Pinotti (2020), "Simmel. Stile moderno", Einaudi.
c) Illouz, Eva (2019),
"Les marchandises émotionnelles" Premier Parallèle.
d) Le Bart, Christian (2018), "Les émotions du pouvoir", Armand Colin;
e) Longo, Mariano (2020), "Emotions through literature : fictional narratives, society and the emotional self", Routledge.
f) Lutz, Tom (2002), "Storia delle lacrime", Feltrinelli;
g) Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina (2020), "Uomini duri. Il lato oscuro della mascolinità", il Mulino.
h) Robert, Anne-Cécile (2019), "La strategia dell'emozione", Eleuthera;
i) Turnaturi, Gabriella (2016), "Amorevoli difficili incontri", Orthotes.
l) Vettese, Angela (2019), "Desiderio", il Mulino.
Educational objectives
1) To judge contents acquisition: theories, concepts, rules, procedures, methods. 2) knowledge and know-how application to complete assignments and solve theoretical or pragmatic questions. 3) To illustrate capacities to transfer autonomously knowledge and abilities in different contexts.
Prerequisites
Not.
Teaching methods
Face to face lessons.
Other information
Not.
Learning verification modality
The exam will be oral and it will last no more than 30 minutes.
Extended program
The course will provide an overview of principal sociological of emotions concepts and theories. Lessons give substantial notions in the field of social theory and allow the student to improve their capacity to develop their own reflections on specific topics.
Main contents:
- Social theory and history of sociology of emotions.
- Emotions, feelings, passions.
- Social construction of reality.
- Everyday life, masks and social action.
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