Relationships of value against uncertainty

The sociologist Sergio Belardinelli, a full professor of Sociology of Culture at the University of Bologna, reflects on the contemporary crisis, defining it as an opportunity to rediscover the value of relationships and care- concepts that the pandemic has revived. << We are experiencing an “unprecedented” disorientation, but today we can recognize the dimension of uncertainty. We can rest assured until we’re worried. >> Belardinelli emphasizes that uncertainty is linked to freedom, a connection that our society, still too anchored to control, struggles to embrace. According to him, individual culture and the crisis of dialogue between Christian and secular cultures are undermining the strength of Europe- not just on a religious level, but also politically and culturally.

To overcome this historical moment, Belardinelli states that << those who possess valuable cultural resources and human relationships>> will be best equipped to navigate our contemporary chaos.