Moving away from civilization: the case of Italy. An overview and presentation
For decades, Italian social life has been witnessing a series of episodes of civil decay such as widespread illegality, environmental mismanagement, corruption, violence against women, the elderly and minors, questioning of scientific results and mistrust of professional abilities, online hate, and...
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| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Quaderni di Sociologia
2023
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | For decades, Italian social life has been witnessing a series of episodes of civil decay such as widespread illegality, environmental mismanagement, corruption, violence against women, the elderly and minors, questioning of scientific results and mistrust of professional abilities, online hate, and anti-vaccination movements. Although some of these social phenomena are not restricted to Italy, their spread and pervasiveness in this country are linked to other typically national traits.To answer the question of whether Italy is a country with a limited degree of civilization, we start from Norbert Elias’s concept of the “civilizing process”. We first distinguish between civilization and decivilization and define them. We then identify selected types of violence and aggression as an expression of the decivilizing process and as evidence of a widespread regression in social life. Lastly, we relate today’s decivilizing processes with the historical roots of Italian backwardness. |
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