Beethoven, the Sailor, the Boy and the Nazi. A reply to my critics

The contribution clarifies the concept of resonance as a mode of relationship consisting of four elements: 1) affection, 2) self-efficacy, 3) transformation and 4) essential uncontrollability. Resonance is not based on harmony, fusion or unity, but on a transformative encounter requiring difference. Subsequently, the paper demonstrates that experiences of resonance have the power to break with given institutional or interpretive frames. It is precisely experiences of resonance which allow for individual, social and moral change. Furthermore, the paper discusses the relationship between strong evaluations, reflection and resonance and sketches the contours of an ethics of resonance.