PhronesisWe apply the Displacement Framework to jealousy and envy, establishing the critical formal distinction: jealousy is a three-party emotion (D(xi_jealousy) = threat to an existing attachment bond from a perceived third party); envy is a two-party emotion (D(xi_envy) = gap between own position and envied position). Nine formal propositions are derived: jealousy as attachment threat displacement (three-party structure with evolutionary basis in Bowlby), the jealousy self-deepening wrong attractor (hypervigilance, surveillance, and controlling behavior paradoxically drive the partner away, amplifying D(xi_attachment)), attachment security as basin depth (anxious attachment as shallower S0 basin with lower threshold for wrong attractor entry per Hazan and Shaver), pathological jealousy (Othello syndrome) as inescapable wrong attractor, envy as social comparison displacement (Festinger's social comparison theory formalized as displacement gradient), benign vs. malicious envy geometry (benign envy motivates upward movement toward S0; malicious envy motivates pulling the rival down — wrong attractor exit through third-party displacement), schadenfreude as gap-closing via rival's misfortune, social media as chronic envy amplifier (curated highlight reels as artificially elevated comparison S0 permanently displacing self), and compersion as return-path expansion (joy at partner's joy as the geometrically opposite attractor — attachment expansion rather than contraction).
Cultural jealousy violence analyzed as shame-rage spiral extension. 42 citations including Bowlby, Hazan/Shaver, Buss, Parrott, Salovey, White/Mullen, van de Ven, Festinger, Smith, and Gottman.