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Loredana Sciolla

b. 1947

Italian sociologist (born 1947)

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Born 1947. Loredana Sciolla is an Italian sociologist and university teacher.

Loredana Sciolla is an Italian sociologist, academic and an author. She is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Turin.

Sciolla is most known for her works on the sociology of young people, socialization processes, personal and collective identity and civic culture. Among her authored works are her publications in academic journals, including Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia as well as books such as Senza Padri NĂ© Maestri: Inchiesta Sugli Orientamenti Politici e Culturali Degli Studenti and Italiani. Stereotipi di Casa Nostra.

Sciolla has been a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin since 2018 and was later appointed as a national resident member in 2024.

Education Sciolla earned her degree in Sociology of Knowledge from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Turin in 1971. Following this, she served as a CNR research fellow in the faculty of political science at the same institution until 1974.

Works Sciolla has authored books throughout her career. In 1980, she authored the book Senza Padri né Maestri: Inchiesta Sugli Orientamenti Politici e Culturali Degli Studenti. The book explored the political and cultural beliefs, values, and orientations of students, particularly in the absence of traditional authority figures such as fathers and teachers. In related research, her 2004 publication La Sfida dei Valori: Rispetto Delle Regole e Rispetto Dei Diritti in Italia investigated the shifts in civic values in Italy over the past twenty years, comparing them with other Western nations, noting Italy's rapid growth alongside its more traditional, less secularized, and more dogmatic values. In her assessment of the evolving dynamics of socialization in Western culture, her 2006 publication La Socializzazione Flessibile critiqued traditional authoritarian approaches while examining the challenges and new methods of transmitting values to young people across various social contexts, and challenging stereotypes about youth behaviour. Moreover, in her 2020 publication titled Italiani. Stereotipi di Casa Nostra, she explored the stereotypes surrounding Italian familial attachment, societal solidarity, and civic sense. Through this book, she presented ideas that challenged conventional wisdom, providing an understanding of the interplay between familial ties, societal values, and individual identities in Italian culture.

Selected publications Books IdentitĂ  : percorsi di analisi in sociologia (1983) ISBN 9788870111798 La socializzazione flessibile. IdentitĂ  e trasmissione dei valori tra i giovani (2006) ISBN 9788815112767 L’identitĂ  a piĂč dimensioni. Il soggetto e la trasformazione dei legami sociali (2010) ISBN 9788823015432 Italiani. Stereotipi di casa nostra (2020) ISBN 9788855262934 I valori dell'Europa (editor) (2021). ISBN 9788812008988

Articles Sciolla, L. (1983). Differenziazione simbolica e identitĂ . Rassegna italiana di sociologia, 1, 41–77. Sciolla, L. (1990). IdentitĂ  e mutamento culturale nella Italia di oggi. In La cultura dell'Italia contemporanea (pp. 35–69). Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli. Sciolla, L. (1995). La dimensione dimenticata dell'identitĂ . Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 1, 41–52. Sciolla, L. (2000). Riconoscimento e teoria dell’identitĂ . In D. della Porta, M. Greco, & A. Szakolczai (Eds.), IdentitĂ , riconoscimento, scambio (pp. 5–29). Roma-Bari: Laterza. ISBN 9788842060642. Sciolla, L. (2003). Quale capitale sociale? Partecipazione associativa, fiducia e spirito civico. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 2, 287–289. Sciolla, L. (2005). RazionalitĂ  e identitĂ  nella spiegazione dei valori. In La spiegazione sociologica. Metodi, tendenze, problemi (pp. 235–253). Il Mulino. Sciolla, L. (2008). La forza dei valori. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, n.1, 89–115. Sciolla, L. (2008). “DĂ©ception et participation politique des jeunes”. In A. Cavalli, V. Cicchelli, & O. Galland (Eds.), Deux pays deux jeunesses ? La condition juvĂ©nile en France et en Italie (pp. 141–150). Presses Universitaires de Rennes. ISBN 978-2-7535-0744-9 Sciolla, L. (2013). “Quando sono le istituzioni a generare sfiducia”. Sistemi intelligenti, 1, 164–173. Sciolla, L., (2021). “Volunteering and Trust. New Insights on a Classical Topic” (with L. Maraviglia and J. Wilson). In R. Guidi, K. Fonović, & T. Cappadozzi (Eds.), Accounting for the Varieties of Volunteering (pp. 267–286). Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-70548-0 Sciolla, L., (2023). “Ritrovare la societĂ  Oltre la dicotomia individuo società”. Quaderni di Teoria Sociale, 1(2), 55–70.

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Italian sociologist (born 1947)

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Loredana Sciolla was born on 10 November 1947 in Turin.

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Loredana Sciolla is a sociologist and university teacher.

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