La drosofila e altre storie: ovvero dell'incontro tra normalità e certezza

Discussing the prevailing meanings of normality implies leaving certainty apart and concentrating on those meanings that become prevailing across time and space. The settlement of this question has immediate effects on how people regard themselves and are considered from others. The article deals with the discussion about the social construction of this evanescent concept, trying to define some of the consequences that arise within different societies when normality and abnormality become strictly normed. At the macro level, normalization processes meet with rationalization processes, producing unexpected consequences.