Emotionen und Gesellschaft
摘要
In this expert discussion for the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie (ZPS), Christian von Scheve and Margreth Lünenborg emphasize the close interplay between emotions and social structures. Emotions are, on the one hand, an expression of social conditions—such as social inequality or cultural norms—and, on the other hand, they themselves have a structuring effect on social relationships, affiliations, and conflicts. Both refer to an increasing reflexivity in dealing with emotions, which in the digitized media society presents both opportunities and risks: emotions are becoming more public, more performative, and more subject to economic exploitation. In the political context, the participants warn against an instrumental or normative control of feelings and advocate for a reflective approach to emotions as an expression of individual and collective experiences.