The definition of social love comes from putting the sociological imagination into action. It means giving a name to critical and community building gestures that otherwise would not have a name. After identifying the common traits of these actions, the essay gives a stipulative definition of the concept of social love and it explores its semantic dimensions: overabundance, care, universalism and recognition. Social love is finally recognized a sensitizing concept capable of empowering people’s actions to read the present and imagine new futures.
When reality challenges sociological imagination. What social love is in a critical perspective / Cataldi, S; Iorio, G.. - (2022), pp. 32-40. [10.4324/9781003217039].
When reality challenges sociological imagination. What social love is in a critical perspective
Cataldi, S;
2022
Abstract
The definition of social love comes from putting the sociological imagination into action. It means giving a name to critical and community building gestures that otherwise would not have a name. After identifying the common traits of these actions, the essay gives a stipulative definition of the concept of social love and it explores its semantic dimensions: overabundance, care, universalism and recognition. Social love is finally recognized a sensitizing concept capable of empowering people’s actions to read the present and imagine new futures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
