RC36 Alienation Theory and Research

Program Coordinators:

Dirk MICHEL-SCHERTGES, Aarhus University, Denmark, dimi@edu.au.dk

Humberto FERNANDES, Ph.D., M.A., B.A., Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil, humberto.nandes@pq.uenf.br

Andrew BLASKO, IPHS-BAS, Bulgaria, abvm-con@blasko.se


Sessions:


Alienation, Knowledge, and Cultural Responses In Contemporary Societies

Artificial Intelligence and Alienation: Intimacy, Knowledge, and Recognition In an Alienated World

Emotional Alienation In Modernity: Apathy, Individualism, and Social Disconnection

From Rupture to Repair: Alienation, Violence, and Social Emotions

Negotiating Happiness In an Era of Polycrisis: Ages, Life Stages and Generational Perspectives

Organization, De-Institutionalization, and Alienation: Education, Care, and Welfare and the New Authoritarianism

Rethinking Alienation In Intimate Relationships: Recognition, Gendered Inequalities, and AI Intimacy In Contemporary Capitalism

Social Alienation, Queer Sociology, and Fetishism: Theories of Desire, Subjectivity, and Social Order

The Futures of Doing Research In the Social Sciences In the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): What Can We Do? What Should We Do?

Visions of the Future-Overcoming Alienation