Love and Social Generativity

This paper relates love to generativity through pedagogical anthropology, in which the person and environment can be seen as a network of participatory relationships. In fact, ‘love is the unity of the community as the vocation is the unity of the person. Love is not added to the person as more, as...

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Main Author: Monica Crotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 2025-01-01
Series:Paedagogia Christiana
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Online Access:https://apcz.umk.pl/PCh/article/view/58298
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description This paper relates love to generativity through pedagogical anthropology, in which the person and environment can be seen as a network of participatory relationships. In fact, ‘love is the unity of the community as the vocation is the unity of the person. Love is not added to the person as more, as a luxury: without love the person does not exist’ (Mounier, 1961, p. 521). Therefore, we introduce the concepts of human and social generativity and their dynamics (desire, bringing into the world, taking care and letting go) as well as their effects. Then, we analyse intergenerational relations as an example of donative love.
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spelling doaj-art-4dcabadbdbd24aa1bb8d39cc1dbf9e732025-02-10T09:13:01ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńPaedagogia Christiana1505-68722451-19512025-01-01542456210.12775/PCh.2024.01653992Love and Social GenerativityMonica Crotti0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-0624 University of BergamoThis paper relates love to generativity through pedagogical anthropology, in which the person and environment can be seen as a network of participatory relationships. In fact, ‘love is the unity of the community as the vocation is the unity of the person. Love is not added to the person as more, as a luxury: without love the person does not exist’ (Mounier, 1961, p. 521). Therefore, we introduce the concepts of human and social generativity and their dynamics (desire, bringing into the world, taking care and letting go) as well as their effects. Then, we analyse intergenerational relations as an example of donative love.https://apcz.umk.pl/PCh/article/view/58298social generativitypedagogy of reciprocityeducation and carepedagogical anthropologyintergenerational relation
spellingShingle Monica Crotti
Love and Social Generativity
Paedagogia Christiana
social generativity
pedagogy of reciprocity
education and care
pedagogical anthropology
intergenerational relation
title Love and Social Generativity
title_full Love and Social Generativity
title_fullStr Love and Social Generativity
title_full_unstemmed Love and Social Generativity
title_short Love and Social Generativity
title_sort love and social generativity
topic social generativity
pedagogy of reciprocity
education and care
pedagogical anthropology
intergenerational relation
url https://apcz.umk.pl/PCh/article/view/58298
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