Abstract

This essay is dedicated to Alberto Melucci. The authoress proposes a first reading of his work characterising it as a work on the border between psychology and sociology, being brought to light its epistemological and methodological innovating value. She selects three books from the very wide production realized from 1974 to 2000, which could be considered "minor works": "Corpi estranei. Tempo interno e tempo sociale in Psicoterapia", edited in 1984, "Passaggio d'epoca. Il futuro è adesso", edited in 1994, and "Culture in gioco. Differenze per convivere", edited in 2000. They actually mark the crucial passages of Alberto Melucci's research, devoted to contemporary society transformations analysis and to our way of looking at them.