Vol. 13 No. 25 (2023): Cancel Culture? Lo spazio pubblico tra resistenze e rimozioni.
Eliasian Themes

George Herbert Mead e Norbert Elias. Un dialogo a partire dalle emozioni.

Giacomo Lampredi
Università degli Studi di Firenze

Published 2023-05-15

Keywords

  • Elias,
  • Mead,
  • emotions,
  • embodiment,
  • carnal sociology

How to Cite

Lampredi, G. (2023). George Herbert Mead e Norbert Elias. Un dialogo a partire dalle emozioni. Cambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 13(25), 141–157. https://doi.org/10.36253/cambio-13255

Abstract

The paper relates Elias’s thought to Mead’s, starting from the embodied dimension of emotions. The approach of the two authors to emotions is affected by a conception of society as deeply intertwined with biological and somatic aspects. Rediscovering and enhancing these aspects is configured as a radical challenge to the disciplinary barriers with which such topics are traditionally addressed. This allows to relate the thought of the two authors within a theoretical framework that can shed light on the embodied aspects of emotional action.