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Raymond williams coined the term structure of feeling to describe the underlying cultural and social dynamics that shape people's experiences, their emotions, and perceptions within a particular historical period of social context.
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It refers to the intangible, collective mood or atmosphere that permeates society and influences how individuals interpret and respond to their surroundings.
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The concept of a structure of feeling suggests that beyond explicit ideologies, institutions, or practices, there exists a deeper, more subtle framework of shared values, beliefs, and sensibilities that characterize a specific time and place.
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These cultural dispositions are often implicit and embedded within everyday life, shaping people's behaviors, relationships, and ways of understanding the world.
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Examples of a structure of feeling can be observed in different cultural artifacts social practices and historical events that capture the prevailing mood or ethos of a particular era literary works paintings films and other forms of artistic expression often reflect the prevailing structure of feeling of their time for instance the existential angst and delusion depicted in the literature of the post -world war ii era such as the works of samuel beckett or the beat generation writers reflect the broader sense of uncertainty and alienation prevalent in society during that period.
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Musical genres, fashion trends, and other aspects of popular culture can embody and reinforce a structure of feeling of a specific time and place...