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Chesnokova, L.V. Gemütlichkeit (coziness) as one of the key concepts in German culture

Abstract: The article contains analysis of one of the key German concepts: the concept of coziness (Gemütlichkeit). Much attention is paid to the etymology of this term and history of its use in the German culture. The author provides for the key characteristic features of this concept, namely, the connection with the inner world and soul of a person (Gemüt) and the material conditions of the surrounding atmosphere. The article includes analysis of the social element of this phenomenon and comparison of this term and similar terms in other cultures and languages.


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cultural studies, concept German culture, Gemütlichkeit (coziness), Gemüt (soul, inner world), home, hearth, Angst (existential fear), individualism, bourgeois culture.


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