Randall Collins’s Contribution to the Sociology of Emotions and Its Relevance in Interpreting Contemporary Italian Emotional Scenarios and Dynamics

Society in Italy: Emotion, Experience, and Global Consequence aims to show how specific collective emotions—such as fear, hope, resentment, solidarity, or anxiety—are generated, circulated, and exploited within transglobal networks. By tracing emotional responses to phenomena such as cross-border migration, climate change, digital connectivity, and the volatility of global financial markets, this book seeks to uncover the felt experience of transglobalisation and to reveal the emotional infrastructure that either sustains or resists it. Ultimately, the research posits that analysing the emotional topography of society provides a powerful diagnostic tool for understanding social cohesion, conflict, and the formation of new, transnational identities in an increasingly interconnected yet fragmented world.