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[edit] reference to Martin Heidegger's use of Angst?
Shouldn't there be a reference to Martin Heidegger's use of Angst in this article? Jumping from Kierkegaard to alternative rock is moving a bit fast...
I feel like this article should discuss teen-angst more clearly and widely, but I haven't got the words to describe what defines as teen-angst. The only point I can make is that bands that have angsty lyrics like Linkin Park are very popular amongst angsty teens who feel deep unity with what bands like that make. That's only an example, I know it's really subjective.
- I thought the exact same thing as I read it, that's why I came to the talk page. I'll change the wording a little to make it more NPOV. Although it was funny... :P
I think we should remove the whole Kierkegaard bit -- at least from the intro. It implies too much of a religious agenda. It might fit in well somewhere down the line, perhaps in a new section labeled something along the lines of "Angst in philosophy." We could also throw Martin Heidegger's references into that section, as well. Grendel 19:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- I found the bit about Kierkegaard and fear of failing in responsibilities towards God interesting. I haven't read Kierkegaard and, though I know what angst is generally, learned something new from the page. I'm a nihilist but thinking of "God" as a sort of vague description of reality, I feel I understand the nature of angst better as a conflict between self and other. So, personally, I would like to see at least "Angst in philosophy" prominently linked if this page is turned into a disambiguation for angst in philosophy versus angst in bands or whatever. Peterius
[edit] Emo
"possibly brought on by the physiological changes of puberty, in "whiney", melancholy music. See emo."
Angst is the German, Norwegian and Dutch word for fear. [...]
[edit] Jungian Angst
Carl Jung popularized Angst as an anxiety. He tended to describe it as a fear of mortality. When one realizes that he/she can die some of us tend to become concerned.
- Teen Angst is nothing more than a concern for survival. Some have Angst all of their lives.
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- When angst = anxiety, I think it's safe to say we're all angsty at one point or another.
[edit] 'Angst' is also a Dutch word
I had already changed this in this article, but apparently some people won't believe me - a native speaker of Dutch from Antwerp, Belgium - that also in Dutch the word for 'fear' is 'angst' (next to other words such as 'schrik'. ) I will again change this in the article and I will continue to do this in the future. Cheers. Gero.
- It's also "anxiety" without most of the vowels. Is that notable? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 01:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Since Dutch, English, German and Danish are all of the germanic branch of indo-european languages, it stands to reason that they all have basically the same word for a common emotion. Note also French angoisse, which again obviously has the same roots. 82.32.65.149 16:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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- But French doesn't belong to the germanic branch although it belongs to the indo-european languages. Therefore the debate is trivial. --82.82.176.247 16:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Heidegger
This article definitely needs expanding, as it's laughably short, subjective and is of little use to anyone this way.
I also wholeheartedly agree that Heidegger's "Angst" (the realisation of the inherent purposelessness of existence) should be elaborated upon.
[edit] Angst in latin?
I have heard rumours that "angst" originally has come from the Latin word "inner pain" or something in that direction.
Help?
Reply: OED says it's Germanic in orgin.
Reply: from http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=angst :
angst 1944, from Ger. Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse" from O.H.G. angust, from the root of anger (q.v.). George Eliot used it (in Ger.) in 1849, and it was popularized in Eng. by translation of Freud's work, but as a foreign word until 1940s. O.E. had a cognate word, angsumnes "anxiety," but it died out.
Funny you mention Latin origin. In Portuguese there's the word "angústia" (stifling feeling, anxiety, inner pain).
[edit] swedish
The swedish word is "ångest", and is a commonly used word in everyday life. --Striver 10:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC) But isn't it also ultimately derived from lat. angustia/angustiae, straits, difficulties, place where one is pressed? 89.172.18.236 18:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] dread
why the heck is dread redirected to angst, dread should have its own page.
- Then make one?
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- You buffoon!
"dread should have its own page." "Then make one?"
Are you kidding me? Someone make a page about dread. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.197.50.143 (talk) 14:32, 14 May 2007 (UTC).
Perhaps the original comment was made by somebody who dreaded creating new articles
[edit] Holden Caulfield
Hi, Angst is personified in our culture by someone besides K. Cobain (who is mentioned in the article): Holden Caulfield (who is not mentioned). I think he should be mentioned but don't have a reference offhand that indicates him as the typical example. Spebudmak 00:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
- Oops, never mind, The Catcher in the Rye is mentioned after all, sorry Spebudmak 00:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Angst in music? C'mon! I'm not even going to discuss that one, it's got to go. Do all emotions have sections devoted to music? It's all about someone trying to sneak in POV.
[edit] Incorrect German translation
I'm German and the examples at the beginning of the article are incorrect for current German. Maybe they are correct for German some hundred years ago. Today it is:
- I fear ... = Ich habe Angst vor ...
- I have fear. = Ich habe Angst.
The verb form of Angst is uncommon (Ich ängstige mich vor). The verb form of Furcht (Ich fürchte mich vor) is used, but the noun (Ich habe Furcht) is very uncommon and would seem very strange in a normal sentence. The only usage I know would be ironic by a person who mockingly pretends to fear something. --84.178.108.182 09:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Will change the article to reflect this, since I also noticed that. "Furcht" is rarely, if ever, used in modern German. Feel free to expand or remove as seen fit. --84.60.213.137 (talk) 14:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Not a word on teenage angst
I came to this article being redirected from teenage angst, but there is not a sentence on it. The article only claims that angst usually refers to teenange angst and then goes on to explain all the other uses (art, music) in detail and does not give one single fact on teenage angst. --84.178.108.182 09:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge proposal - merge from Existential dread
I suggest that any useful information from Existential dread be merged into this article, perhaps with a redirect. This article already discusses Kierkegaard, and does it in a better way than "Existential dread". Anarchia 08:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Angst in Music - not very accurate?
"Angst was probably first discussed in relation to contemporary music in the mid to late 1980s and 1990s. In the 1980s "teen angst" was expressed in music to a certain extent in the rise of punk, post punk, and Alternative music with which it is currently more associated, and was probably first used in reference to, the grunge movement and the band Nirvana."
I don't think this is accurate. Not sure about specific references, but punk had been around since the '70's, and angst in music has been around a very long time (probably more than a century, I remember hearing some incredibly dark/dissonant/expressive/morose opera music in a class in college, which was contemporary with atonal music and the Dada art movement of the early 1900's. WWI and the flu epidemic cause artists to have a very dark view of the world...), even in rock music, I would think any discussion would have to include not just punk but other early alternative groups like Joy Division, Bauhaus and the Cure, which go back to the 70's. Pink Floyd's music was rather angst as well although it tends to get lumped in with Art Rock/ Prog Rock... Johnakinjr01 06:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
- Right. In fact I'm beginning to wonder if a stronger word than recentism in Wikipedia is necessary sometimes for some edits. LastWeekism? Check Wagner's Tristan, and as far as contemporary music, much of early Dylan was specifically about angst about the Bomb - check out 'Masters of War'. --Straw Cat 13:15, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Apart from the other bands already mentioned, talking about teenage angst and music and not mentioning The Smiths and Morrissey seems very strange. ! Rps (talk) 16:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
