Pedagogy and hermeneutics of emoticons

Abstract

The theme of the emotions, in reference to the structuring ‘Bildung ‘, crosses,
above all in the latter cultural-historical phase, the contemporary pedagogical
reflection in an attempt to interpret the fundamental meanings of
education intended as humanization. New lines of research into otherness,
empathy and care concept converge to that effect and capture the necessary
intersection of the humanities with the full knowledge of the epistemological
configuration, allowing the landing in theories and methodologies
that appear to be potential resources in education. Emotions are configured
as complex experiences that belong to life and return to it a peculiar
value in the translation of meanings and sense of conveyance. Through
the hermeneutics of the story, inside the educational narrative, they become
part cathartic and enshrine the ontological discontinuity for the person
himself.