Angst

Fear is a binding agent of human relationships. It constitutes and stabilizes the existing balance of power. If these are not to be endangered, it must not lose its importance. The common discourse that defines and establishes relationships is a hierarchical one. Be it political, social or those between two individuals - relationships are established on a gradient. Fear has a considerable leverage function in this narrative. As a consequence of the disempowerment of aggression in the service of the ego, it remains indispensable for the regulation of hierarchical relationships. These aggressions enable us to come into the world with a cry, to intervene in it creatively and to achieve development and unfolding as an independent and responsible subject. The deprivation of these aggressions means powerlessness - and that is fear. The best.