Learning objectives
Introduction to understanding the relational complexity of emotional processes and the emotional dimension of modern societies, with particular reference to the role played in them by collective resentment and victimary dynamics.
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in humanistic, linguistic, economic or political-social disciplines.
Course unit content
Course topic: Resentment, emotion of the Moderns
Institutional part: the concept of emotion, understood as a relational, social and cultural process, according to the epistemological perspective of the ecology of mind (Gregory Bateson), integrated with the Paul Dumouchel theory of emotions.
Monographic part: the emotional organization of human relations in contemporary society, through the key notion of resentment, introduced in the social analysis by Friedrich Nietzsche and developed today in an original way by the sociologist Stefano Tomelleri on the basis of the mimetic theory of the scapegoat by René Girard
Full programme
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Bibliography
Mandatory texts:
1. P.. Dumouchel, Emozioni. Saggio sul corpo e il sociale, Medusa, Milano, 2008 (Preface and last chapter are optional).
2. S. Manghi, La conoscenza ecologica, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2010 (Prologo and Epilogo are optional)
3. S. Tomelleri, Identità e gerarchia. Per una sociologia del risentimento, Carocci, Roma, 2009 (ch. 4 and 5 are optional).
Recommended texts:
S. Manghi, "Dell’emozionarsi come processo di trasformazione sociale”, articolo, 2008 (http://sergiomanghi.altervista.org/Manghi-Emozioni.pdf)
S. Manghi, "La conversione mimetica", articolo, 2013 (http://sergiomanghi.altervista.org/Manghi_su_Girard.2013.pdf).
F. Desideri, P.F. Pieri, a cura di, Logiche del risentimento, Moretti & Vitali, Bergamo, 2017.
R.Girard, Il risentimento. Lo scacco del desiderio nell’uomo moderno, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 1999.
Teaching methods
Lectures, interactive exercises, assignment of small exercises.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written test, with optional oral exam, allowed for candidates who have obtained the score of at least 25/30 in the written test. The written test will consist of an essay between 15,000 and 20,000 characters (reference only indicative!) on an episode of resentment freely identified in the news, in history, in literature, in cinema, on television, etc. .. and strictly interpreted in the light of concepts developed in the 3 mandatory texts, which in the essay will have to be cited - all - adequately (with pertinent citations and relative footnotes). Each essay will have a title and will be preceded by an abstract of about 500 characters. It is suggested to ask the teacher via e-mail for confirmation of the appropriateness of the topic identified. The text must be sent to the teacher via email at least one week before the exam.
Other information
Additional teaching materials can be found on the teacher's personal website: http://sergiomanghi.altervista.org/
