Resonance : a sociology of our relationship to the world

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The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier or more content. If acceleration is the problem, then the solution, argues Rosa, lies in "resonance". The quality of a human life cannot be measured simply in terms of resources, options, and moments of happiness; instead, we must consider our relationship to, or resonance with, the world. Applying his theory of resonance to many domains of human activity, Rosa describes the full spectrum of ways in which we establish our relationship to the world, from the act of breathing to the adoption of culturally distinct worldviews.

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Acknowledgments xii - In Lieu of a Foreword: Sociology and the Story of Anna and Hannah 1 - I Introduction 17 - PART ONE: THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD - II Bodily Relationships to the world 47 - III Appropriating World and Experiencing World 83 - IV Emotional, Evaluative, abd Cognitive Relationships to the World 110 - V Resonance and Alienation as Basic Categories of a Theory of Our Relationship to the World 145 -- PART TWO: SPHERES AND AXES OF RESONANCE - VI Introduction: Spheres of Resonance, Recognition, and the Axes of Our Relationship to the World 195 - VII Horizontal Axes of Resonance 202 - VIII Diagonal Axes of Resonance 226 - IX Vertical Axes of Resonance 258 -- PART THREE: FEAR OF THE MUTING OF THE WORLD: A RECONSTRUCTION OF MODERNITY IN TERMS OF RESONANCE THEORY - X Modernity as the History of Catastrophe of Resonance 307 - XI Modernity as the History of Increasing Sensitivity to Resonance 357 - XII Deserts and Oases of Life: Modern Everyday Practices in Terms of Resonance Theory 367 -- PART FOUR: A CRITICAL THEORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD - XIII Social Conditions of Successful and Unsuccessful Relationships to the World 381 - XIV Dynamic Stabilization: The Escalatory Logic of Modernity and Its Consequences 404 - XV Late Modern Crises of Resonance and the Contours of a Post-Growth Society 425 - In Lieu of an Afterword: Defending Resonance Theory against Its Critice -- and Optimism agaibst Skeptics 444 - Notes 460 - References 504 - Index 529