Open AccessPassions and Society: Do we need a new Galateo?
Author(s) -
Mirella Pasini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nordicum-mediterraneum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1670-6242
DOI - 10.33112/nm.15.2.9
Subject(s) - passions , politeness , etiquette , wonder , kindness , politics , focus (optics) , everyday life , aesthetics , action (physics) , sociology , psychology , epistemology , environmental ethics , social psychology , political science , philosophy , law , physics , optics , quantum mechanics
In this paper I will try to define a possible way to respond to the increase of violent passions and violent reactions in our societies. It might well work in everyday life, but perhaps mostly at a political level. In the first part, the focus will be devoted to the idea (and practice) of Galateo, that is kindness or politeness. We will later wonder if and how a new Galateo (etiquette) could be an effective tool for social action, in view of overcoming the current violence of language and political passions.