ABSTRACT The article develops the notion of affective verticality as a way of interrogating particular dynamics in affective arrangements in right-wing times. The gesture of elevation is key; it gives rise to a powerful claim to territory through affective presence, but also to grandeur and distinction. Concretely, the paper discusses the controversies surrounding two monuments recently installed in East Germany. In one case three buses were set up vertically in front of Dresden's Church of our Lady; in the other, 24 concrete slabs imitating the Berlin Holocaust Memorial were set up in the neighbouring garden of right-wing politician Björn Höcke in Bornhagen, Thuringia. Through the analysis of the local outrage and expressions of disgust in response to these implantations in a region branded ‘Dark Germany’, I propose affective verticality as an optics for reading particular dynamics in affective arrangements where the worry over decline and the longing for grandeur are especially enunciated – in short: a device for inquiring social and political enactments in right-wing times.

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情感垂直度：右翼时代的衰落和辉煌

摘要本文提出了情感垂直性的概念，作为一种询问右翼时代情感安排中特定动态的方式。抬高手势是关键。它通过情感的存在而对领土产生了有力的主张，同时也引起了庄严和与众不同。具体而言，本文讨论了最近在东德安装的两座古迹周围的争议。在一种情况下，在德累斯顿圣母教堂前竖立了三辆公共汽车；另外，在图林根州博恩哈根的右翼政客比约恩·霍克（BjörnHöcke）的相邻花园中，还建造了24座模仿柏林大屠杀纪念馆的混凝土板。通过分析在“黑暗德国”这一地区植入这些植入物引起的当地愤怒和厌恶情绪的表达，