Longing for Resonance in Community

2019

In 2016, the sociologist Hartmut Rosa put forward the thesis in his book „Resonanz - Eine Sozilogie der Weltbeziehungen“ (Resonance - A Sociology of the relationship to the world) that mankind has a fundamental need for a response relationship („resonance“) with the world. He sees the society of the modern age, which is looking for control, security and

economic efficiency, as a society that is becoming increasingly less “resonant“ and also tries to make resonance available on all possible levels.
The resonance that can be experienced in community is particularly romanticized. With the industrial revolution the dependence of the individual on communities such as family, religion or village community has...

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Diego Reindel

Kloster Ottobeuren