Affects and emotions are essential factors of the social and of coexistence in societies of the twenty-first century.
At the CRC Affective Societies – Dynamics of social coexistence in mobile worlds, our goal is to establish a new understanding of societies, in which the fundamental meaning of affectivity and emotionality is taken into account. For this we investigate mobile, interconnected, and mediatized worlds of the global present as well as transformation and crisis dynamics accompanying them.
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Revenge as a Blind Spot of Modernity. Interview with Fabian Bernhardt in the Swiss magazine „bref“
Why are we fascinated by avenging heroes like Zorro or Batman — yet disturbed by real-life acts of revenge? In a recent interview with the Swiss magazine bref , our colleague Fabian Bernhardt, philosopher at the CRC “Affective Societies”, explores the cultural logic and moral ambiguities ...
Jun 13, 2025
Affective Archives: Insights into research practice through new formats
We tell project biographies
Apr 14, 2025
Working Paper 01/2025 published: „Infrastructures of Feeling: Digital Mediation, Captivation, Ambivalence“
Rebecca Coleman proposes a concept of infrastructures of feeling, building on Raymond Williams’ work on structures of feeling and contributing to current work on digital media/tion, affect and time.
Jan 13, 2025
