The Neue Phänomenologie and the Category of the Patheur, a Bridge between Atmospheres and Social Sensitivity.
First, I will introduce NP, highlighting its concept of subjectivity, and its differences from classical phenomenology. NP emphasizes the pathic and affective aspect of social action, thanks to the category of the patheur - a person capable of communicating affectively with what he perceives.
In the second phase, I will focus on the NP concept of atmosphere, observing how the patheur can communicate affectively with them, becoming a privileged category to observe the emergence of sociality. Here, I will highlight how the concept of “atmosphere” can include that of “emotion”, “passion” and “feeling”, depending on the different degrees of atmospheric involvement.
In the third phase, I will bring the theoretical framework just drawn to the light of Simmelian essays on the senses and aesthetics. The aim will be to highlight how atmospheric and sensitive experience can be shared, and therefore become social.
Returning to the initial question, the aim is to open up to a model of neo-phenomenological social theory, capable of giving new keys to reading the sociological aspect of emotions and sensitivity. In this framework, it is possible to observe a sensitivity shaped by an atmospherically connoted social, which the person does not control and does not know in its entirety: a social capable of orienting sensitivities towards some stimuli and styles rather than others.
I believe that research in this direction is fundamental to dealing with the current climate crisis, where, it is important to raise awareness especially in the individual, with the aim of a widespread change in lifestyles and consumption.