Resonating in transition : the ‘musical’ momentum in the discursive emergence of actuality

Abstract

Investigating in detail the anthropologic circumstance that communicative instances can be interventions that change societal actuality it is established that actuality is a product of human discursive agency. As perception is a highly individual process it is important to understand the preconditions and social processes for a holistic intersubjective world to appear before exploring the ‘musical’ momentum in the discursive emergence of actuality. The exploration of the musical nature of the performative dimension of communication yields the realization that the performance as a means to increase the discursive effect of communication derives the associated behavior from the prelingual social capacity of attunement. The roots of discursive resonance lie in human musicality. Finally, a model of performative potentiality factors is compiled that is exemplified by the analysis of the Udo Lindenberg song “Sonderzug nach Pankow” in the transformation leading to German reunification.