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Salvatore Natoli (Università degli Studi Milano - Bicocca, Italy)
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Social and individual phenomenology of fear
Summary of the speech The term "fear" is too general to be significant. We do not have the same fears in the same way in the same part of the world. It's only when we consider fear as a problem that we can re-dimension it. For the purpose of our analysis we can divide fears into three categories: social, individual and political. Fear has two features. It "paralyses" and "organises". We need to work to help the organizing side of fear come to the fore. Modern society can be described through the concept of imponderability of the world. The world has become more complex, but individuals have remained the same. Today, the concept of instantaneousness permeates the relationship system between persons, as well as their ability to relate to the external environment and its hazards. Society is discovering every day that it is increasingly individual. We need a great moral revolution, capable of making others' needs central, if we want to defeat fear. Individuals must rediscover the importance of scepticism when facing difficult social situations. Those who lack scepticism tend to overdo their imagination and this makes way for that in-between gap where fear creeps in.
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