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COMPARATIVE CASE C02

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Schadenfreude

When Naming Makes an Emotion Socially Recognizable

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Observation / Hypothesis

Shared Frame

Language to Protocol

  1. 01

    Language

  2. 02

    Emotion

  3. 03

    Body

  4. 04

    Community

  5. 05

    Style

  6. 06

    Protocol

Language → Emotion → Body → Community → Style → Global Protocol

Case Variation

Emotion to Shared Concept

  1. 01

    Emotion

  2. 02

    Naming

  3. 03

    Compression

  4. 04

    Recognition

  5. 05

    Shared Concept

  6. 06

    Transmission

Emotion → Naming → Compression → Recognition → Shared Concept → Transmission

01. Emotion Before Language

01. Emotion Before Language

  • envy
  • relief
  • amusement
  • comparison
  • satisfaction
  • guilt

Hypothesis

What Came First?

Emotion ↔ Word

  1. 01

    Emotion

  2. 02

    Word

02. Naming

02. Naming

03. Compression

03. Compression

04. Recognition

04. Recognition

05. Moral Distance

05. Moral Distance

Naming

vs

Approval

06. Repetition

06. Repetition

Two Kinds of Repetition

Word Repetition / Practice Repetition

  1. 01

    Word Use

  2. 02

    Recognition

  3. 03

    Shared Vocabulary

07. Social Practice

07. Social Practice

Where Does Culture Begin?

Where Does Culture Begin?

  1. 01

    Word

  2. 02

    Recognition

  3. 03

    Repetition

  4. 04

    Practice

  5. 05

    Norm

08. Transmission

08. Transmission

Comparison

Experience ≠ Vocabulary

Experience

Vocabulary

Comparison

Compression ≠ Reduction?

Compression

Reduction

Comparison

Recognizable ≠ Acceptable

Recognizable

Acceptable

Mechanism Test M01 — Naming

Mechanism Test M01 — Naming

  • C01 Nunchi — Strong
  • C02 Schadenfreude — Strong candidate
  • Status: data-driven via Evidence aggregation

Mechanism Test M03 — Compression

Mechanism Test M03 — Compression

  • C01 Nunchi — Secondary
  • C02 Schadenfreude — Strong candidate

Mechanism Test M04 — Repetition

Mechanism Test M04 — Repetition

  • C01 Nunchi — Strong
  • C02 Schadenfreude — Secondary candidate(語の使用はあり得るが、実践儀礼としては弱い)

Moral Action / Moral Recognition

Mottainai and Schadenfreude

  • Mottainai → Word → Judgment → Behavioral Restraint
  • Schadenfreude → Word → Recognition → Reflection?

Culture Without Ritual?

Culture Without Ritual?

  • Oshi — Ritual Strong
  • Senpai — Norm / Practice Strong
  • Nunchi — Adjustment / Repetition Strong
  • Schadenfreude — Recognition / Vocabulary Strong

Action / Recognition

C01 Nunchi and C02 Schadenfreude

  • C01 Nunchi → Perception → Adjustment → Practice
  • C02 Schadenfreude → Emotion → Naming → Recognition

Naming / Repetition

Naming / Repetition

  • C01 — Naming Strong / Repetition Strong
  • C02 — Naming Strong / Repetition Secondary

What Travels?

What Travels?

  • Schadenfreude — Word / Emotion Category / Concept
  • Nunchi — Word + social interpretation + possible behavioral model
  • Ritual / Formal Norm / Institution — not central in C02

Toutoi Comparison

Toutoi ↔ Schadenfreude

  • Toutoi → Complex Emotion → Compression → Shared Recognition
  • Schadenfreude → Complex Emotion → Naming → Shared Recognition

Emoji Comparison

Emoji / Kaomoji ↔ Schadenfreude

  • Emoji → Emotion → Symbol → Visual Grammar
  • Schadenfreude → Emotion → Word → Category

Naming Does Not Mean Creation

Naming Does Not Mean Creation

Cause / Infrastructure / Symptom / Amplifier

Four Positions

  • Cause — 言葉が感情カテゴリーを作った
  • Infrastructure — 言葉が既存感情を認識・共有可能にした
  • Symptom — 人間に既存の感情を言葉が表現した
  • Amplifier — 名前があることで感情への注意や議論が増えた

Mutation Model

Origin to Circulation

  1. 01

    Origin

  2. 02

    Translation

  3. 03

    Mutation

  4. 04

    Circulation

Market

Discourse / Media Circulation

Recognition Path

  1. 01

    Ambiguous feeling

  2. 02

    Named category

  3. 03

    Discussable concept

  4. 04

    Shared recognition

Transmission Path

  1. 01

    Source-language term

  2. 02

    Contact with other languages

  3. 03

    Local reinterpretation

  4. 04

    Vocabulary circulation

Counter Hypotheses

Counter Hypotheses

  • AUniversal Emotion

    Universal Emotion

  • BNaming

    Naming

  • CMoral Comparison

    Moral Comparison

  • DSocial Hierarchy

    Social Hierarchy

  • EMedia

    Media

  • FTranslation

    Translation

  • GCompression

    Compression

  • HEntanglement

    Entanglement

Current Case Axis

Emotion → Naming → Recognition

Comparative Contrast

Compare with Comparative Cases

Connected Observatories

Connections

Research Questions

Research Questions

Can a word become cultural without becoming a social practice?