Within a context that is expanding the field of investigation of sociology (Nietzsche 1844-1900) in an increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural and multireligious scenario, the reflection on the complexity of the new ethical-moral challenges cannot leave indifferent the world of school, that is currently more complex and articulated than in the past. In addition to requiring a revision of didactic models, this reality requires a planning commitment in the search for effective answers to the behavioural challenges of young people. At the basis of this consideration, it seemed interesting trying an empirical analysis, taking as its object the topic of love. In particular, we tried to observe the behaviours and actions that witnessed the existence of a surplus love, namely that feeling that not only means being tolerant towards harassing situations, but also doing it with a positive spirit. It is love in spite of everything, even when the whole context invites us to do something else. It consists of a dose of tenacious heroism, power against any negative current, an option for the good that cannot be overthrown by anything. The concept of agape, beyond the common meaning referring to religious experience, could be observed as one of the multiple logics of social expressions (Iorio and Colasanto, 2011). This assumption stands in favour of an empirical method of circularity between theory and research, abandoning the deductive method that has characterised the tradition of sociology by inserting itself into the modern one. Considering the effect of systematic fragmentation associated with the most commonly known paradigms, the cognitive approach to the theoretical-empirical perspective of agape-love is fundamental to ensure the symmetry of the action-interaction models and the intelligibility of the general set of concrete forms assumed by the relationships between people in social reality (Boltanski, 2005; Galindo Filho, 2007). This research provides a contribution to the knowledge of the agapic action of a particular population fringe: the young students of some schools of Taranto.

Agapic action for young people: a case study

Paolo Contini
;
Raffaella Rubino
;
Fabrizio Gentile
2018-01-01

Abstract

Within a context that is expanding the field of investigation of sociology (Nietzsche 1844-1900) in an increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural and multireligious scenario, the reflection on the complexity of the new ethical-moral challenges cannot leave indifferent the world of school, that is currently more complex and articulated than in the past. In addition to requiring a revision of didactic models, this reality requires a planning commitment in the search for effective answers to the behavioural challenges of young people. At the basis of this consideration, it seemed interesting trying an empirical analysis, taking as its object the topic of love. In particular, we tried to observe the behaviours and actions that witnessed the existence of a surplus love, namely that feeling that not only means being tolerant towards harassing situations, but also doing it with a positive spirit. It is love in spite of everything, even when the whole context invites us to do something else. It consists of a dose of tenacious heroism, power against any negative current, an option for the good that cannot be overthrown by anything. The concept of agape, beyond the common meaning referring to religious experience, could be observed as one of the multiple logics of social expressions (Iorio and Colasanto, 2011). This assumption stands in favour of an empirical method of circularity between theory and research, abandoning the deductive method that has characterised the tradition of sociology by inserting itself into the modern one. Considering the effect of systematic fragmentation associated with the most commonly known paradigms, the cognitive approach to the theoretical-empirical perspective of agape-love is fundamental to ensure the symmetry of the action-interaction models and the intelligibility of the general set of concrete forms assumed by the relationships between people in social reality (Boltanski, 2005; Galindo Filho, 2007). This research provides a contribution to the knowledge of the agapic action of a particular population fringe: the young students of some schools of Taranto.
2018
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