Einsamkeit und Ressentiment - Softcover

Kersten, Jens; Neu, Claudia; Vogel, Berthold

 
9783868543872: Einsamkeit und Ressentiment

Synopsis

In December 2023, the German government adopted a "strategy against loneliness". Society and politics have now recognized the importance of this emotion in all social spheres of life.

Loneliness is the feeling of a lack of social relationships that can unfold not only personal suffering, but also democratic potentials. Resentment is a sense of powerlessness that can evoke social polarization. This book illustrates the democracy-threatening connection of loneliness and resentment and shows that only a democracy with strong public institutions can set limits to this radicalization.

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