When structures fall apart: The clarion call for support

ABSTRACT

The lecture focuses on the observation, that the current societal turmoil is accompanied by uncertainty and splitting processes. Wars, climate change, COVID-19, political threats and the disintegration of societal structures distress collectively and increase individual powerlessness and feelings of minority. The reactive compensatory tendencies to regain power, order and ground are a natural countermovement, however they themselves imply the danger of a loss of capacity for a dialogue due to counter-splitting and disruptive radicality on the other hand.