Elena Pulcini (PhD at Université de Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle, 1991) is Full Professor of Social Philosophy in the Department of Social and Political Science, University of Florence. Her central interests are the topic of passions in the sphere of a theory of modernity and modern individualism, ethics of care, theory of the gift, and the theory of female subject. Her current research revolves around the transformation of identity and social bond in the global age; and on the possible emotional foundation of a new ethics, proposing a philosophy of care for the global age.
Among her recent works (since 2000): Il potere di unire. Femminile, desiderio, cura, Bollati Borignhieri 2003; Filosofie della globalizzazione (co-ed.) ETS, Pisa 2001; Umano post-umano. Potere, sapere, etica nell’età globale (co-ed.), Editori Riuniti, Roma 2004; The Individual without Passions. Modern Individualism and the loss of the social Bond., Lexington (Rowan & Littlefield), Lanham, USA 2012; Care of the World. Fear, Responsibility and Justice in the Global Age, Springer, Dordrecht 2012 (First Prize of Philosophy “Viaggio a Siracusa” 2009 to italian edition); Envie. Essai sur une passion triste, c/o Le Bord de l’eau, Paris, 2013; with S.Veca and E.Giovannini, Responsabilità, uguaglianza, sostenibilità, Edizioni dehoniane, Bologna 2017.
She has published numerous essays in national and international journals and in volumes of collected writings. Among the more recent: The Responsible Subject in the Global Age, in "Science and Engineering Ethics", Springer Netherlands, 2010; Le don à l’age de la mondialisation, “Revue du Mauss”, n.36; Donner le care, “Revue du Mauss”, 39, Paris 2012; Re-learning to fear. The Perception of Risks in the Global Age, in D.Innerarity, J.Solana (eds), Humanity at Risk, Bloomsbury, New York- London, 2013; What Emotions motivate care?, “Emotions Review”, Sage, jan. 2016; Jenseits von Furcht und Ressentiment. Gastlichkeit im Globalen Zeitalter, in B.Liebsch, M.Staudigl (eds), Perspektiven europäischer Gastlichkeit, Welbrück Wissenschaft, Wien 2016.