Hume on Shame

David Hume is famous for developing a ‘science of man’ based on a thorough investigation of passions and sentiments. What is most surprising is that, in his sentimental geography, shame appears to play a rather marginal role. In this essay, I shall maintain that it is nonetheless possible to find room for shame in Hume, and that the most promising way to do so is to consider it in the light of a different passion on which Hume dwells at length, the passion of humility. I shall thus examine wh...

Imprevedibilità del contenzioso amministrativo e precedenti giurisprudenziali

The issue of housing and migrants. The role of women in social movements for housing rights, from stereotypes to social activism

Over the past decades, the range of action of the main social movements has broadened in a more global perspective. The studies about the phenomenon of globalization have contributed to the development of what intellectuals usually call the global civil society. The Nation State is no longer the only space where the protest can take place, but it remains the dominant actor and the main location for all types of politics, also those based on the conflict. Many studies were published but there ...

Una capitale multiculturale e multireligiosa

La dimensione della religione è stata sin dall’epoca dei classici in sociologia uno degli aspetti rilevanti da analizzare sia dal punto di vista strutturale sia da quello relazionale . Infatti, la religione permea la vita culturale di persone e popoli al punto di orientare le loro pratiche quotidiane come pure di definirne modelli economici e di gestione organizzativa. Il fatto di costituire parte del portato culturale dei soggetti che vivono e si muovono nel nostro mondo pone la religione e ...