O papel das emoções coletivas na constituição e agência de grupos

Abstract

In this work, I start from an existentialist perspective to discuss in collective intentionality and social ontology, what collective emotions are and how they support the existence and actions of intentional groups. I analyze how collective emotions motivate and define the emergence, identity, goals, functions, values and actions of a group. I argue that groups are agents with emotional states and emotions of their own, and I consider the main emotion to care about. I argue that our existence does not have an intrinsic importance, but is the importance we attach that defines our existence and our actions. This idea is applied to discuss how the attributions of importance from the perspective of a group define its existence and actions as a collective agent.