Ms. Dorn, if you had to sum up the general mood at the beginning of the year in one word, which one would you choose? The ataraxia, the well-being of the soul, is probably not. You notice that the author of the book “The German Soul” is being asked about something originally soul-related.
I think the difficulty is that there are hardly any soul moods that many people share. Most of us are feeling significant fears right now, but these are very different. Take the Ukraine war alone: some are afraid that Putin will be successful and that authoritarianism will spread further and further into the West. The others are afraid of the Third World War, of inflation, that climate goals will be overlooked…
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