Validity
Validity has the meaning of reputation , recognition and effect and includes the terms respect / contempt , fame / shame , honor / dishonor and reputation / social prestige .
As a sociological term, validity is dealt with separately from the value debate, also together with questions of bio- sociology ( Dieter Claessens and others).
Under the aspect of the validity of the norms, especially the legal validity, a distinction must be made between the effectiveness and the normative justification of the norms. In 1992 Jürgen Habermas then discussed in terms of factuality and validity what it means in terms of social philosophy that legal validity and validity ( power ) differ . Contributions to the discourse theory of law and the democratic constitutional state in depth.
Appeal addiction
An excessive need for validity is referred to as an urge for validity, an instinct for validity or an addiction to validity . The term describes the striving to be noticed and recognized by others and was interpreted in its exaggerated form (“craving for validity”) by Alfred Adler's individual psychology as an overcompensation for feelings of inferiority .
In this context, the colloquial term is often used as a profile neurosis , which describes the behavior of people who have to constantly prove their competence due to feelings of inferiority . The Duden defines the term as “neurotic fear of not counting enough (especially at work)” as well as “the resulting excessive effort to distinguish oneself”.
The urge for validity, which is reflected in conspicuous or abundant consumption, is referred to as validity consumption .
A classic example of an excessive urge for recognition and its consequences has been handed down historically: In ancient Greece , Herostratos tried to make his name immortal by setting fire to one of the seven wonders of the world , the temple of Artemis in Ephesus , and thus completely destroying it. In order to prevent him from achieving his goal, he was told before his execution that his name would never be uttered for all time ( Damnatio memoriae ).
literature
- Andreas Dörpinghaus, Karl Helmer (Ed.): Rhetoric, argumentation, validity . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 978-3-82602384-2
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Individual evidence
- ^ The German dictionary. Knaur, Lexigrafisches Institut, Munich 1985, p. 416
- ↑ Dieter Claessens: instinct, psyche, validity. Determinants of human behavior. Opladen 1970
- ↑ Reinhold Zippelius, Philosophy of Law, 6th edition, § 5
- ↑ Jürgen Habermas: factuality and validity. Contributions to the discourse theory of law and the democratic constitutional state. Frankfurt am Main 1992
- ↑ Urge for validity, striving for validity, drive for validity, need for validity. On: Wissen.de
- ↑ Sabine Schrader: Psychology: General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology , Compact SilverLine 2008, p. 269, online on Google books
- ↑ Profile neurosis in duden.de, accessed on January 7, 2013.