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Francesco Alberoni (December 31, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Province of Piacenza) is an Italian Sociologist, Journalist, and professor in Sociology. He was a Board Member and Senior Board Member (Chairman) of Rai, the national Italian Television, from 2002-2005. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... -1... Piacenza (It. ... Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Rai may refer to: RAI, Radio Audizioni Italiane Rai is the word for paradise in Slavic languages Rai, an ethnolinguistic group of Nepal Raï, a form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria, from Bedouin shepherds Raí, Brazilian football (soccer) player Rai, a book by Kensaku Shimaki Rai, one of... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Alberoni is among the few regular front page writers of Corriere della Sera, Italy's most renowner nespaper, which publishes his articles since 1973. He currently holds a 4 colum editorial titled "Public & Private" (began in 1982) for the monday edition. Corriere della Sera is the leading Italian daily newspaper printed in Milan. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early days

Although Alberoni claims he was a model student and real perfectionist at school, he admits he did not stand the military-like discipline imposed on schoolchildren by the Fascist regime. According to his autobiography, he was a born leader, who was always invented games and adventures for the group of boys who usually gathered around him. Because there weren't any books in his house, he discovered the pleasures of reading only after the end of Second World War in 1945. Reading took most of his afternoons at the City Library, his favoured arguments being history and philosophy.

Alberoni studied at the Liceo Scientifico, and then moved to Pavia to study medicine where he graduated. Here he also met the friar Agostino Gemelli, who was intrigued by Alberoni's thinking and bright intelligence, and pushed him to pursue studies in the field of Social behavior. Church San Michele in Pavia The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) on the Ticino river is a symbol of Pavia Pavìa (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its... Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959) was an Italian physician, Franciscan friar and psychologist who was also the founder and chancellor of Catholic University at Milan (Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, literally Catholic University of the Sacred Heart at Milan) in 1921. ...

In 1958 Alberoni was married to Vincenza, from whom had three children: Margherita, Francesca and Paolo Giovanni Agostino (named after friar Agostino Gemelli). Later he married Laura, from whom had a fourth son: Giulio (named after the famous ancestor). 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959) was an Italian physician, Franciscan friar and psychologist who was also the founder and chancellor of Catholic University at Milan (Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, literally Catholic University of the Sacred Heart at Milan) in 1921. ...

Academic career

His academic career includes the following charges:

• Adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of Milan in 1960
• Adjunct professor of Sociology in 1961, and then full professor of Sociology (again at the University of Milan) in 1964
• Member of the Bi-national Committee Olivetti Foundation-Ford Foundation Social Science Research Council
• Dean of the University of Trento (Italy) from 1968 to 1970.
• Professor at the University of Lausanne, the University of Catania, and then again back at the University of Milan (1978)
• Founder of IULM University. He was Dean of the School until 2001
• Board Member of Cinecitta' Cinema Holding of Rome (2002-2005)
• Dean of the Experimental Center for Cinematography (2003-current)

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Published Works

Alberoni carried out numerous studies on Sociology of Movements and Individuals, and especially on the nature of Love and relationships among individuals and groups. It has been suggested that True love be merged into this article or section. ...

The building block of Alberoni though is sedimented in Movement and Institution, which is among the first books on the sociological analysis of movements, their start, development and end. This book has been considered a milestone in the analysis of Movements. The concept developed here is the so-called Statu Nascenti, the "nascent state", the moment in which leadership, ideas, communication, come together and fuel the birth of movements.

Tihs first work was followed by Consumption and Society, that contributed to fuel the grow of marketing school in Italy.

In 1979 Alberoni published his world wide best-seller Falling in Love. In the book, which further developes and expandes the ideas and theoretical models from Movements and Institutions, he maintains that the experience of falling in love is in essence the nascent state (or "ignition state") of a collective movement made up exclusively of two people. This time, however, Alberoni explores the subject in greater detail, using as much as possible the language of love stories rather than the abstract jargon of psychoanalysis or sociology. This book, which was rigorously scientific and at the same time innovative in its linguistic slant, turned into an international best-seller translated into twenty languages. After over ten editions, moreover, it is still in print in Italy. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Psychoanalysis is a family of psychological theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that seeks to elucidate connections among unconscious components of patients mental processes, and to do so in a systematic way through a process of tracing out associations. ... Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ...

Next works were L'amicizia ("Friendship") of 1984, and Erotismo ("Eroticism") of 1986, in which he compares male and female eroticism. Then followed The Nuptial Flight (Garzanti, Milan, 1992), where he took a closer look at pre-adolescent and adolescent crushes on film stars, and then at the general feminine tendency to seek out superior love objects. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

His sociology books includes Genesi (1989), which illustrates his theories about the fundamental experience of the nascent state, the difference between the nascent state and Nirvana, the concept of democracy, and what he terms "Cultural Civilizations". 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

Collections of brief essays on the subject of collective movements, a number of which were included in The Sources of Dreams (Rizzoli, Milan, 2000), were later published under the more appropriate title of My Theories and My Life. His essays from Corriere della Sera are usually in collected into book editions by Rizzoli.

Alberoni's books have a great success in Italy, and have been translated in countries like Japan, Spain, France, Denmark, Brazil, Sweden and many others. However, his latest books and articles has been pointed out by some critics as lacking of scientific analysis, allegedly reducing to housely advises about today's life and love matters.

Bibliography

• L'elite senza potere ("Elite without Power", 1963)
• Statu Nascenti (1968)
• Classi e generazioni ("Classes and Generations", 1970)
• Italia in trasformazione ("Italy in Transformation", 1976)
• Movimento e istituzione (Movement and Institution, 1977)
• Innamoramento e amore (Falling in Love, 1979)
• Le ragioni del bene e del male ("The Reasons for Good and Evil", 1981)
• L'albero della vita ("The Tree of Life", 1982)
• L'amicizia ("Friendship", 1984)
• L'erotismo ("Eroticism", 1986)
• I giovani verso il Duemila (with F. Ferrarotti and C. Calvaruso, 1986)
• Pubblico & privato ("Public and the Private", 1987)
• L'altruismo e la morale ("Altruism and Morality", with Salvatore Veca, 1989)
• Genesi ("Genesis", 1989)
• Gli invidiosi ("The Envious", 1991)
• Il volo nuziale ("The Nuptial Flight", 1992)
• Valori ("Values", 1993)
• L'ottimismo ("Optimism", 1994)
• Ti amo ("I Love You", 1996)
• Il primo amore ("First Love", 1997)
• Abbiate coraggio ("Find the Courage", 1998)
• Le sorgenti dei sogni ("The Sources of Dreams", 2000)
• La speranza ("Hope", 2001)
• L'arte del comando ("The Art of Commanding", 2002)
• Il mistero dell'innamoramento ("The Mystery of Falling in Love", 2003)
• Sesso e amore (Sex and Love, 2005)

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External links

• Personal Web Site dedicated to Professor Alberoni
• Falling In Love centers where eBooks can be available
• Publico & Privato Alberoni's web lab for Corriere.it