Spingere e spaventare. L’ecologia della paura letta in chiave pragmatista
Journal title SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)
Author/s Teresa Roversi, Giovanni Mariotti
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/79
Language Italian Pages 23 P. 84-106 File size 238 KB
DOI 10.3280/LAS2024-079007
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The article examines, from a pragmatist perspective, the theoretical assumptions and the techniques through which emotions can participate in, prompt, or inhibit social transformations by intervening in habitual behaviours. In particular, the authors develop a pragmatist critique of the so-called ecology of fear, a particular type of strategy of pro-envi¬ronmental communication that aims at provoking negative emotional reactions, such as fear and anxiety, to stimulate action and interest in the climate crisis. The contribution high¬lights the contradictions and the shortcomings of the ecology of fear through a comparison with an approach that makes similar use of emotions, albeit in a different field: the pedagogy of discomfort. The conclusion suggests some methodological and theoretical additions that could refine emotional strategies to combat climate change and proposes further directions for future research.
Keywords: Eco-emotions, ecology of fear, pragmatism, nudge theory, climate crisis
Teresa Roversi, Giovanni Mariotti, Spingere e spaventare. L’ecologia della paura letta in chiave pragmatista in "SOCIETÀ DEGLI INDIVIDUI (LA)" 79/2024, pp 84-106, DOI: 10.3280/LAS2024-079007