Benedetta Nicoli
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 254929 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Benedetta Nicoli |
| NOMBRES | Benedetta |
| APELLIDO | Nicoli |
| FIRMA | NICOLI B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6136-5375 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
La produzione sociale del sapere scientifico tra razionalità e questioni ultime
This article examines whether and how scientific knowledge, in its public and reflexive moments, engages with ultimate questions understood, with Weber, as existential inquires that exceed formal rationality. The study applies a qualitative discourse analysis to a corpus of 85 monographs written by geneticists and neuroscientists for a non-specialist audience, identifying three recurring configurations: the circularity between scientific knowledg…
"Limit Situations" and Sociological Theory
This paper aims to advance sociological theory by systematizing the concept of "limit situation", a term that Berger employs throughout his work, though only in a hinted and unsystematic manner. To achieve this objective, the paper develops a theoretical framework that incorporates different contributions and perspectives. Within this framework, the concept of "limit situation" translates into an analytical tool for the sociological study of vuln…
Beyond Disenchantment
Scholars of secularization suggest that while the processes of disenchantment and the delegitimization of religious institutions have weakened religious belief systems, they also produced, as an unforeseen result, a renewed awakening of spiritual and existential longing. From this perspective, the search for meaning and spiritual yearning in contemporary Western societies is not simply a residual feature of human experience; rather, it emerges wi…
The Enchantment of Science
Scientists have long been depicted as mainly rational, bereft of emotional and personal commitments, and disenchanted. Such a view assumes the practice of science as sterile and inoculated from aesthetic and spiritual experiences. This article questions such assumptions by investigating how scientists experience beauty, wonder, and awe in their work as a source of enchantment-a sense of awe and wonder that connects the human being to one or more …
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science
This article argues that studying ultimate questions as 'potential mediators' of religious worldviews increases sociological knowledge of religion outside institutional boundaries, as research on secularization indicates. Concurrently, other studies demonstrate that the public communication of science (PCS) influences public orientations toward religion. Integrating these contributions, I deploy a qualitative discourse analysis of 78 genetics and…
The Enchantment of Science
Scientists have long been depicted as mainly rational, bereft of emotional and personal commitments, and disenchanted. Such a view assumes the practice of science as sterile and inoculated from aesthetic and spiritual experiences. This article questions such assumptions by investigating how scientists experience beauty, wonder, and awe in their work as a source of enchantment-a sense of awe and wonder that connects the human being to one or more …
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science
This article argues that studying ultimate questions as 'potential mediators' of religious worldviews increases sociological knowledge of religion outside institutional boundaries, as research on secularization indicates. Concurrently, other studies demonstrate that the public communication of science (PCS) influences public orientations toward religion. Integrating these contributions, I deploy a qualitative discourse analysis of 78 genetics and…
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science
This article argues that studying ultimate questions as 'potential mediators' of religious worldviews increases sociological knowledge of religion outside institutional boundaries, as research on secularization indicates. Concurrently, other studies demonstrate that the public communication of science (PCS) influences public orientations toward religion. Integrating these contributions, I deploy a qualitative discourse analysis of 78 genetics and…
La produzione sociale del sapere scientifico tra razionalità e questioni ultime
This article examines whether and how scientific knowledge, in its public and reflexive moments, engages with ultimate questions understood, with Weber, as existential inquires that exceed formal rationality. The study applies a qualitative discourse analysis to a corpus of 85 monographs written by geneticists and neuroscientists for a non-specialist audience, identifying three recurring configurations: the circularity between scientific knowledg…
"Limit Situations" and Sociological Theory
This paper aims to advance sociological theory by systematizing the concept of "limit situation", a term that Berger employs throughout his work, though only in a hinted and unsystematic manner. To achieve this objective, the paper develops a theoretical framework that incorporates different contributions and perspectives. Within this framework, the concept of "limit situation" translates into an analytical tool for the sociological study of vuln…
Beyond Disenchantment
Scholars of secularization suggest that while the processes of disenchantment and the delegitimization of religious institutions have weakened religious belief systems, they also produced, as an unforeseen result, a renewed awakening of spiritual and existential longing. From this perspective, the search for meaning and spiritual yearning in contemporary Western societies is not simply a residual feature of human experience; rather, it emerges wi…
The Enchantment of Science
Scientists have long been depicted as mainly rational, bereft of emotional and personal commitments, and disenchanted. Such a view assumes the practice of science as sterile and inoculated from aesthetic and spiritual experiences. This article questions such assumptions by investigating how scientists experience beauty, wonder, and awe in their work as a source of enchantment-a sense of awe and wonder that connects the human being to one or more …
Philosophy (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · Aesthetics (2 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 obras) · Spirituality (2 obras) · Animal and Plant Science Education (1 obras) · Art (1 obras) · Beauty (1 obras)