Sustainability as Cultural Paradigm

Gianluca  Senatore; Francesca   Spera

doi:10.36941/mjss-2021-0023

Authors

Gianluca Senatore Dipartimento Coris, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Salaria 113, Roma, Italy
Francesca Spera Expert on Fridays for Future Movements, MSc Comunicazione Integrata per Enti Pubblici e Non Profit, Sapienza Università di Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2021-0023

Keywords:

sustainability, environmental movements, fear, social movements

Abstract

In this work we have highlighted why sustainability should be analyzed as a cultural concept.The sociological analysis of the last decades on the social environmentalist movements has concentrated his attention on the reasons that pulled the activists on adopting pro-environmental behaviors. These analysis have always considered the reasons of the movements as actions moved by the fear of environmental crisis. This paper contributes on conducting an analysis on sustainability with a different approach based on new paradigms.

Received: 2 May 2021 / Accepted: 15 June 2021 / Published: 8 July 2021