Beyond Mood and Atmosphere: a Conceptual History of the Term Stimmung

Thonhauser, Gerhard

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“…The mood then refers to a structural and therefore comprehensive experience of openness to the world and "describes" the way in which Dasein understands and relates to the world. It is important to note that this mood is not limited to a momentary state in which one moves from one state to another, as a particular experience, but in its broader sense, it is transversal to the understanding of the world (Thonhauser, 2021).…”

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The Banality as a Mood of Contemporary Society in Contrast to the Artist's Mood

2024

Futurity Philosophy

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Contemporary times witness significant transformations in economic organisation, deeply influencing social dynamics and emotional frameworks. This study aimed to elucidate banality as the prevailing mood of contemporary society, delineating two perspectives through art: one defined by a banal emotional framework and the other advocating innocence. Inspired by Heidegger and Nietzsche, an inquiry unfolded to reveal the emotional and affective aspects of the examined phenomenon, enriched by perspectives from acclaimed artists. Consequently, the findings established banality affective disposition characteristics as a hallmark of contemporary comprehensiveness, encompassing instrumental engagement with the world, acceptance, and incapacity to perceive its banal condition. In contrast, the banality of the broader world was juxtaposed with that of the artist, who focused on innocence as a manifestation of their being in the world. The outlined approach derived, in methodological terms, from a phenomenological-hermeneutic procedure anchored in the Heideggerian framework, which analysed the "mood" (Stimmung) as a determinant in the interpretation and unfolding of the world. The findings proposed alternative understandings of contemporary life as the result of the conquest of the banality of average mood and contrast it with the character of the artist who resists falling into the overarching banality of our time. The results reflected the difficulty of the current era, from which hopeful aspects of transformation are not evident. Conversely, resistance is concentrated in isolated occurrences that reclaim life and its evolution. This work sought to establish new avenues of research that enable the exploration of multiple contemporary phenomena, in addition to indicating paths of inquiry that link the thoughts of artists and their expressions.

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The Banality as a Mood of Contemporary Society in Contrast to the Artist's Mood

2024

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“…The qualitative phenomenological approach was used in this study. This approach has been applied by many renowned scholars to explore mood (Stimmung) and its impact on multiple aspects (Heidegger, 2005;Thonhauser, 2020). A phenomenology is an approach to qualitative research that explains the lived experiences of a phenomenon of several individuals.…”

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A qualitative phenomenological exploration of social mood and investors’ risk tolerance in an emerging economy

Asad

Toqeer

Mahmood

2021

QRFM

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Purpose The authors design a theoretical perspective that explores how different phases of social mood influence financial risk tolerance (FRT) among investors. Risk is involved in almost all financial decision-making. For a better understanding of risk tolerance behavior, the role played by social mood cannot be ignored. This study aims to explore the linkage between social mood and FRT of investors in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Using qualitative phenomenology as the guiding framework, 22 interviews were conducted to have a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of investors with at least 10 years of investment experience. Thematic analysis was done to analyze data. Audio-recording, bracketing, triangulation and member checking were done to ensure validity and reliability. Findings A theoretical model is developed using the six themes identified through thematic analysis. This model presents an in-depth analysis of the determinants of social mood, its multiple phases and its impact on risk tolerance behavior. Findings reveal that the level of financial literacy, experience and purpose of investment moderate the effect of social mood on FRT. Practical implications Investors can manage risk and increase their profits by controlling the effects of social mood. They can benefit from the market situation by taking more risk when the market is extremely low. The advisors can frame their advice in the light of the model. Originality/value According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that explores investors’ risk tolerance in response to variations in social mood in the context of an emerging economy. The paper has contributed conceptually and methodologically. It uses phenomenology as the method and develops a theoretical model that describes how different types of investors adjust their risk tolerance in response to changes in their social mood.

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Synthesising boredom: a predictive processing approach

Darling

2023

Synthese

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I identify and then aim to resolve a tension between the psychological and existential conceptions of boredom. The dominant view in psychology is that boredom is an emotional state that is adaptive and self-regulatory. In contrast, in the philosophical phenomenological tradition, boredom is often considered as an existentially important mood. I leverage the predictive processing framework to offer an integrative account of boredom that allows us to resolve these tensions. This account explains the functional aspects of boredom-as-emotion in the psychological literature, offering a principled way of defining boredom’s function in terms of prediction-error-minimisation. However, mediated through predictive processing, we can also integrate the phenomenological view of boredom as a mood; in this light, boredom tracks our grip on the world – revealing a potentially fundamental (mis)attunement.

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Beyond Mood and Atmosphere: a Conceptual History of the Term Stimmung

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

The Banality as a Mood of Contemporary Society in Contrast to the Artist's Mood

The Banality as a Mood of Contemporary Society in Contrast to the Artist's Mood

A qualitative phenomenological exploration of social mood and investors’ risk tolerance in an emerging economy

Synthesising boredom: a predictive processing approach

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