Representations of the social actor today
On policy of social distancing: A sociological analysis of the contemporary
Daniele Ungaro
- The
- book
- in
- question
- considers,
- in
- the
- essays
- that
- constitute
- it,
- the
- conditions
- of
- the
- contemporary
- social
- actor
- in
- the
- era
- of
- social
- distancing
- policies.
- In
- the
- first
- essay,
- an
- essential
- characteristic
- of
- the
- social
- actor,
- the
- existing
- tension
- between
- the
- rigidity
- of
- roles
- assumed
- and
- freedom
- of
- action
- is
- analyzed
- in
- the
- light
- of
- the
- practical
- and
- theoretical
- experiments
- carried
- out
- in
- the
- Commedia
- dell'Arte,
- as
- renewed
- by
- George
- and
- Maurice
- Sand,
- Goffman's
- symbolic
- interactionism
- and
- Naranjo's
- psychology
- of
- ennaeatypes.
- In
- the
- second
- essay,
- the
- studies
- carried
- out
- on
- the
- pseudo-social
- personality
- allow
- us
- to
- grasp
- an
- important
- aspect
- of
- the
- influence
- of
- social
- distancing
- policies
- on
- the
- contemporary
- social
- actor,
- the
- clear
- separation
- between
- survival
- strategies
- and
- communicative
- action,
- since
- in
- the
- era
- of
- the
- Covid
- 19
- infection
- only
- the
- reduction
- of
- face-to-face
- relations
- seems
- to
- allow
- an
- adequate
- survival
- strategy.
- This
- implies
- the
- assumption
- of
- a
- prominent
- role
- by
- communication
- technologies,
- with
- psycho-social
- consequences
- that
- seem
- to
- go
- in
- the
- direction
- of
- a
- general
- increase
- of pseudo-sociality.
