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Human Studies. A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences 46 (2023), 1
Today, in a Western secular context, the affective phenomenon of religious zeal is often associated, or even identified, with religious intolerance, violence, and fanaticism. Even if the zealots’ devotion remains restricted to their private lives, “we” as Western secularists still suspect them of a…
Human Studies. A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences 46 (2023), 4
Countless aspects of touch and closeness have been questioned in an unprecedented way during the recent Covid epidemic. Social practices as banal as greetings were both reflexively and practically challenged and sometimes deeply altered, resulting in painful experiences of tactile deprivation and…
Berliner Journal für Soziologie 31 (2021), 3-4
Moderne Gesellschaften haben ein Überhitzungsproblem. Das gilt im Großen (Polkappen) wie im Kleinen (ICE im Juli), im Einzelfall (Fukushima) wie im Allgemeinen (Klimawandel) – so viel ist allgemein bekannt. Das Problem der Regulierung ihres Energieniveaus lässt sich jedoch nicht nur mit den…