Indifference. Crisis of social bonds, new loneliness and creative possibilities

ASERI is pleased to present the volume

Indifference.
Crisis of social bonds, new loneliness and creative possibilities

by Ugo Morelli
Castelvecchi Editore

Tuesday 19 December 2023, 6.30 p.m.
in ASERI (Via San Vittore 18) and ONLINE

Introduces:
Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Director of ASERI

Speakers:
Ugo Morelli, Professor of Applied Cognitive Sciences, Federico II University of Naples
Michele De Lucchi, Architect and designer

"If we are naturally relational, how can we be indifferent?" By nature, the individual is an intersubjective and relational being: the "I" exists because the other exists. We are born to feel what the other feels, making room between the said and the unsaid, yet there is a deep crack in our social bonds. Indifference creeps in, one of the most challenging issues of our time. Is it possible to think of an "I" without a "we"? If empathy is an integral part of our being, then how does indifference arise? In our world panorama in crisis, where are the changes, the openness to knowledge, the approach to the other? This is the starting point for Ugo Morelli's careful and precise analysis, trying to understand the ways of acting of indifference and possible ways to overcome it.

The author:
Ugo Morelli, psychologist, cognitive science scholar and writer, teaches Cognitive Sciences applied to livability, landscape and environment at the Department of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples. He is the scientific director of the Executive Advanced Training course, Business Models for Environmental Sustainability, at CUOA Business School. He is the author, among others, of Dialogo così sono (Città Nuova, 2019), I paesaggi della nostra vita (Silvana Editoriale, 2020), Empatie ritrovata (Edizioni San Paolo, 2020) and La passione di Venere (Meltemi, 2021). He collaborates regularly with "Vita&Pensiero", "doppiozero.com", the backs of the "Corriere della Sera" of Trentino, Alto Adige, Veneto and Bologna, and with "il Mattino" of Naples.

Participation is free upon registration. 

Limited seats in the hall.

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