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Unbehagen - und sonst gar nichts? Eine psychoanalytisch-sozialpsychologische Gegenwartsdiagnose

Uneasyness - nothing else? A psychoanalytic social-psychological diagnosis of the present
[journal article]

Busch, Hans-Joachim

Abstract

Eine zentrale psychoanalytisch-sozialpsychologische Diagnose moderner Befindlichkeit ist das "Unbehagen in der Kultur". In der spätmodernen Gesellschaft hat sich dieser seelische Zustand nicht etwa gemildert, sondern verschärft. Dafür sorgt weiter anwachsende Destruktivität, auch und gerade gegenübe... view more

Eine zentrale psychoanalytisch-sozialpsychologische Diagnose moderner Befindlichkeit ist das "Unbehagen in der Kultur". In der spätmodernen Gesellschaft hat sich dieser seelische Zustand nicht etwa gemildert, sondern verschärft. Dafür sorgt weiter anwachsende Destruktivität, auch und gerade gegenüber der äußeren Natur. Das gegenwärtige Bewusstsein verfügt aber über Mechanismen, durch die es diese Zusammenhänge ausblenden kann. Doch finden die gesellschaftlichen Belastungen gleichwohl seelische Ausdrucksformen. Die Erschöpfungssymptome des flexiblen Selbst zeugen davon. Das Subjekt bedarf einer Anstrengung der "Affektbildung", um zu neuen Bewusstseinsformen zu gelangen, die eine Praxis der Lebenspolitik und des postnationalen Verfassungspatriotismus ermöglichen.... view less


The "uneasiness in culture" is an important psychoanalytical and social psychological diagnosis of modern mental state. In late modern societies, this psychological state has not been mitigated, but rather increased. This is due to the growing destructivity especially against the outward nature. Th... view more

The "uneasiness in culture" is an important psychoanalytical and social psychological diagnosis of modern mental state. In late modern societies, this psychological state has not been mitigated, but rather increased. This is due to the growing destructivity especially against the outward nature. The present consciousness, however, has mechanisms which help to conceal these insight. But social strains do find a psychological expression, as the exhaustion symtoms of the flexible self show. The subject requires a specific act of affect-constitution in order to reach new forms of consciousness which make possible a practice of life politics and postnational constitutional patriotism.... view less

Keywords
social psychology; psychoanalysis; diagnosis; social criticism; critical theory; subject; culture; happiness; Freud, S.; human being; modernity; individual; pessimism; pacifism; reason; socialization; patriotism; constitution; self-realization

Classification
Social Psychology
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Psychology
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature

Method
descriptive study; historical

Document language
German

Publication Year
2012

Page/Pages
p. 61-81

Journal
Psychologie und Gesellschaftskritik, 36 (2012) 2/3

Issue topic
Kritische Sozialpsychologie

ISSN
0170-0537

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0


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