"In modern societies, we are all outcasts, to varying degrees. (...)
Few of us have the time, luck and/or the ability to connect deeply with others. For this reason, more than any other, we are not in touch with most of our own feelings. Severe problems occur in what might be called the emotional/relational world."
"The infinite ambiguity of ordinary human language makes intersubjectivity (shared consciousness) a necessity for communication. The signs and gestures used by non-human creatures are virtually without ambiguity. In the world of bees, the smell of bees from outside the nest is clearly different than the smell of one’s own nest: it signals enemy. But humans can easily hide their feelings and intentions under deceitful or ambiguous messages. Even with the best intentions, communications in ordinary language are inherently ambiguous, because all ordinary words are allowed many meanings, depending on the context. Understanding even fairly simple messages requires mutual attunement.
Mutual understanding often fails to occur, of course. But if a society is to survive it must occur most of the time. The idea of attunement is closely linked to a theory of social solidarity."
Few of us have the time, luck and/or the ability to connect deeply with others. For this reason, more than any other, we are not in touch with most of our own feelings. Severe problems occur in what might be called the emotional/relational world."
"The infinite ambiguity of ordinary human language makes intersubjectivity (shared consciousness) a necessity for communication. The signs and gestures used by non-human creatures are virtually without ambiguity. In the world of bees, the smell of bees from outside the nest is clearly different than the smell of one’s own nest: it signals enemy. But humans can easily hide their feelings and intentions under deceitful or ambiguous messages. Even with the best intentions, communications in ordinary language are inherently ambiguous, because all ordinary words are allowed many meanings, depending on the context. Understanding even fairly simple messages requires mutual attunement.
Mutual understanding often fails to occur, of course. But if a society is to survive it must occur most of the time. The idea of attunement is closely linked to a theory of social solidarity."
Thomas J. Scheff
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