Sehnsucht

GLOSSARY

A German concept that captures individual and collective thoughts and feelings about optimal or utopian life. Life longings; an intense desire for alternative states and realizations of life.

Reference:


Scheibe, S., Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2007). Toward a developmental psychology of Sehnsucht (life longings): The optimal (utopian) life. Developmental Psychology, 43(3), 778–795. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.43.3.778

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