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Depth of Shallow Culture: The High Art of Shoes, Movies, Novels, Monsters, and Toys

Come take a closer look at ordinary footwear, like sneakers, or children's toys and Saturday cartoon TV shows, or make a comparison between Don Quixote and John Rambo of the Sylvester Stallone movie. Although some regard popular culture as "shallow," this book reveals that it is more often complex, deep, meaningful and subject to the style changes we associate with high art. Bergesen shows how complex philosophical ideas of reincarnation are embedded in Transformer toys; how sneakers have gone through a life cycle of style types; why the decline of empires like Spain and the United States led to fictional characters like Don Quixote and Rambo; and why monsters from Japan look different than those from the United States.

Depth of Shallow Culture: The High Art of Shoes, Movies, Novels, Monsters, and Toys

Come take a closer look at ordinary footwear, like sneakers, or children's toys and Saturday cartoon TV shows, or make a comparison between Don Quixote and John Rambo of the Sylvester Stallone movie. Although some regard popular culture as "shallow," this book reveals that it is more often complex, deep, meaningful and subject to the style changes we associate with high art. Bergesen shows how complex philosophical ideas of reincarnation are embedded in Transformer toys; how sneakers have gone through a life cycle of style types; why the decline of empires like Spain and the United States led to fictional characters like Don Quixote and Rambo; and why monsters from Japan look different than those from the United States.

Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries

Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common;¢;‚¬;€?even unknown;¢;‚¬;€?in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer the case, and ADHD diagnosis and treatment became an increasingly widespread global phenomenon. As the diagnosis was adopted around the world, the definition and treatment of ADHD often changed in the context of different psychiatric professions, medical systems, and cultures. Global Perspectives on ADHD is the first book to examine how this expanding public health concern is diagnosed and treated in 16 different countries. In some countries, readers learn, over 10% of school-aged children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD; in others, that figure is less than 1%. Some countries focus on medicating children with ADHD; others emphasize parent intervention or child therapy. Showing how a medical diagnosis varies across contexts and time periods, this book explains how those distinctions shape medical interventions and guidelines, filling a much-needed gap by examining ADHD on an international scale. Contributors: Madeleine Akrich, Mari J. Armstrong-Hough, Meredith R. Bergey, Eugenia Bianchi, Christian Br;¶er, Peter Conrad, Claire Edwards, Silvia A. Faraone, Angela M. Filipe, Alessandra Frigerio, Val;©ria Portugal Gon;§alves, Linda J. Graham, Hiroyuki Ito, Fabian Karsch, Victor Kraak, Claudia Malacrida, Lorenzo Montali, Yasuo Murayama, Sebasti;¡n Rojas Navarro, ;“rla O'Donovan, Francisco Ortega, M;³nica Pe;±a Ochoa, Brenton J. Prosser, Vololona Rabeharisoa, Patricio Rojas, Tiffani Semach, Ilina Singh, Rachel Spronk, Junko Teruyama, Masatsugu Tsujii, Fan-Tzu Tseng, Manuel Vall;©e, Rafaela Zorzanelli

Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries

Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common;¢;‚¬;€?even unknown;¢;‚¬;€?in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer the case, and ADHD diagnosis and treatment became an increasingly widespread global phenomenon. As the diagnosis was adopted around the world, the definition and treatment of ADHD often changed in the context of different psychiatric professions, medical systems, and cultures. Global Perspectives on ADHD is the first book to examine how this expanding public health concern is diagnosed and treated in 16 different countries. In some countries, readers learn, over 10% of school-aged children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD; in others, that figure is less than 1%. Some countries focus on medicating children with ADHD; others emphasize parent intervention or child therapy. Showing how a medical diagnosis varies across contexts and time periods, this book explains how those distinctions shape medical interventions and guidelines, filling a much-needed gap by examining ADHD on an international scale. Contributors: Madeleine Akrich, Mari J. Armstrong-Hough, Meredith R. Bergey, Eugenia Bianchi, Christian Br;¶er, Peter Conrad, Claire Edwards, Silvia A. Faraone, Angela M. Filipe, Alessandra Frigerio, Val;©ria Portugal Gon;§alves, Linda J. Graham, Hiroyuki Ito, Fabian Karsch, Victor Kraak, Claudia Malacrida, Lorenzo Montali, Yasuo Murayama, Sebasti;¡n Rojas Navarro, ;“rla O'Donovan, Francisco Ortega, M;³nica Pe;±a Ochoa, Brenton J. Prosser, Vololona Rabeharisoa, Patricio Rojas, Tiffani Semach, Ilina Singh, Rachel Spronk, Junko Teruyama, Masatsugu Tsujii, Fan-Tzu Tseng, Manuel Vall;©e, Rafaela Zorzanelli

Professionalization and Participation in Child and Youth Care: Challenging Understandings in Theory and Practice

This title was first published in 2002. The field of child and youth care is under increasing pressure to optimize its mission: to deliver high quality support and to help children, parents and families in need of care. Two questions have arisen in many countries in the face of this pressure: the professional quality of childcare and the participant quality of childcare. These issues have traditionally been discussed separately; this unique book brings them together for an enlightening discussion. Examining the possible antagonism of childcare workers operating as professionals and clients participating as fully engaged partners, the book brings to light a new vision on developments and research in the field and informs the reader on recent findings. The expertise of the contributors makes this a truly valuable read for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students in the field of child and youth care.

Interaktive Medien — interdisziplinär vernetzt

Interaktive Medien, Internet und Multimedia revolutionieren Wirtschaft, Technik, Gesellschaft, Kultur. Also sind sie Thema vieler wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen. In dem Reader werden interaktive Medien von neun verschiedenen Fachrichtungen untersucht: aus Sicht der Rechts-, Wirtschafts-, Erziehungs-, Sozial-, Kultur-, Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, der Psychologie, Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik. Das Ergebnis ist ein breiter Überblick über den Gegenstand - vom Electronic Commerce über Medienrecht in der Informationsgesellschaft, Lernen durch Interaktivität usw. bis zur automatischen Videoanalyse.

Bilder von jungen Menschen aus der Sicht Älterer: Eine rekonstruktive Studie am Beispiel eines innerstädtischen Wohnquartiers in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Dieses Buch widmet sich einer Forschungslücke im Bereich der Generationenforschung. Anhand eines rekonstruktiven Zugangs legt Andreas Bergholz unterschiedliche Perspektiven von älteren Menschen auf Jüngere in ihrer Komplexität und Vielfalt jenseits von Stereotypen offen. Am Beispiel eines innerstädtischen Wohnquartiers bringt der Autor diese Erkenntnisse mit der Bedeutung des unmittelbaren Wohnumfeldes für die Aneignung und Aktualisierung von Perspektiven auf junge Menschen in Verbindung und legt dar, welche Rolle das Quartier als intergenerationaler Begegnungsort spielen kann.

War and Embodied Memory: Becoming Disabled in Sierra Leone

How do you become an 'amputee', 'war-wounded', 'victim' or 'disabled' person? This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of what is understood by impairment and disability, it also explains how disability was politically created both during the conflict and post-conflict, as violence became part of the everyday. Despite participating in the neoliberal rebuilding of the nation state, ex-combatants and the security of the nation were the government’s main priorities, not amputee and war-wounded people. In order to survive, people had to form partnerships with NGOs and participate in new discourses and practices around disability and rights, thus accessing identities of 'disabled' or 'persons with disabilities'. NGOs, charities and religious organisations that understood impairment and disability were most successful at aiding this community of people. However, since discourse and practice on disability were mainly bureaucratic, top-down, and not democratic about mainstreaming disability, neoliberal organisations and INGOs have caused a new colonisation of consciousness, and amputee and war-wounded people have had to become skilled in negotiating these new forms of subjectivities to survive.

War and Embodied Memory: Becoming Disabled in Sierra Leone

How do you become an 'amputee', 'war-wounded', 'victim' or 'disabled' person? This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of what is understood by impairment and disability, it also explains how disability was politically created both during the conflict and post-conflict, as violence became part of the everyday. Despite participating in the neoliberal rebuilding of the nation state, ex-combatants and the security of the nation were the government’s main priorities, not amputee and war-wounded people. In order to survive, people had to form partnerships with NGOs and participate in new discourses and practices around disability and rights, thus accessing identities of 'disabled' or 'persons with disabilities'. NGOs, charities and religious organisations that understood impairment and disability were most successful at aiding this community of people. However, since discourse and practice on disability were mainly bureaucratic, top-down, and not democratic about mainstreaming disability, neoliberal organisations and INGOs have caused a new colonisation of consciousness, and amputee and war-wounded people have had to become skilled in negotiating these new forms of subjectivities to survive.

The Routledge Handbook of Disability Activism (Routledge International Handbooks)

The onslaught of neoliberalism, austerity measures and cuts, impact of climate change, protracted conflicts and ongoing refugee crisis, rise of far right and populist movements have all negatively impacted on disability. Yet, disabled people and their allies are fighting back and we urgently need to understand how, where and what they are doing, what they feel their challenges are and what their future needs will be. This comprehensive handbook emphasizes the importance of everyday disability activism and how activists across the world bring together a wide range of activism tactics and strategies. It also challenges the activist movements, transnational and emancipatory politics, as well as providing future directions for disability activism. With contributions from senior and emerging disability activists, academics, students and practitioners from around the globe, this handbook covers the following broad themes: • Contextualising disability activism in global activism • Neoliberalism and austerity in the global North • Rights, embodied resistance and disability activism • Belonging, identity and values: how to create diverse coalitions for rights • Reclaiming social positions, places and spaces • Social media, support and activism • Campus activism in higher education • Inclusive pedagogies, evidence and activist practices • Enabling human rights and policy • Challenges facing disability activism The Routledge Handbook of Disability Activism provides disability activists, students, academics, practitioners, development partners and policy makers with an authoritative framework for disability activism.

Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning (Applying Child and Adolescent Development in the Professions Series)

Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning explores motivation and its crucial role in promoting well-being in the classroom and life beyond school. It will help all those who work with children and youth to understand and improve their motivation, and to create nurturing environments for younger people. David Bergin provides a highly accessible exploration of key research, examining the ways children’s goals, self-efficacy, self-determination, and feelings of being cared for affects their motivation as well as their desire to learn more about themselves and the world. This essential guide also addresses influences of competition, diversity, prejudice, and discrimination on motivation. The book provides a comprehensive look at the importance of instilling motivation at this critical age, highlighting the benefits through real-life examples and anecdotes. Illustrated with stories from diverse contexts, the author provides practical advice on how to use goals effectively, help children feel competent, autonomous, and like they belong. Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth is for any student looking to excel in a psychological, educational, health, or social work setting, as well as professionals in the field, and parents. It is targeted for people who work or plan to work with children from pre-school to high school and will be useful to teachers, youth leaders, coaches, counselors, social workers, and nurses.

Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning (Applying Child and Adolescent Development in the Professions Series)

Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning explores motivation and its crucial role in promoting well-being in the classroom and life beyond school. It will help all those who work with children and youth to understand and improve their motivation, and to create nurturing environments for younger people. David Bergin provides a highly accessible exploration of key research, examining the ways children’s goals, self-efficacy, self-determination, and feelings of being cared for affects their motivation as well as their desire to learn more about themselves and the world. This essential guide also addresses influences of competition, diversity, prejudice, and discrimination on motivation. The book provides a comprehensive look at the importance of instilling motivation at this critical age, highlighting the benefits through real-life examples and anecdotes. Illustrated with stories from diverse contexts, the author provides practical advice on how to use goals effectively, help children feel competent, autonomous, and like they belong. Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth is for any student looking to excel in a psychological, educational, health, or social work setting, as well as professionals in the field, and parents. It is targeted for people who work or plan to work with children from pre-school to high school and will be useful to teachers, youth leaders, coaches, counselors, social workers, and nurses.

Forging a Socio-Legal Approach to Environmental Harms: Global Perspectives (Law, Justice and Ecology)

Environmental harms exert a significant toll and pose substantial economic costs on societies around the world. Although such harms have been studied from both legal and social science perspectives, these disciplinary-specific approaches are not, on their own, fully able to address the complexity of these environmental challenges. Many legal approaches, for example, are limited by their inattention to the motivations behind environmental offences, whereas many social science approaches are hindered by an insufficient grounding in current legislative frameworks. This edited collection constitutes a pioneering attempt to overcome these limitations by uniting legal and social science perspectives. Together, the book’s contributors forge an innovative socio-legal approach to more effectively respond to, and to prevent, environmental harms around the world. Integrating theoretical and empirical work, the book presents carefully selected illustrations of how legal and social science scholarship can be brought together to improve policies. The various chapters examine how a socio-legal approach can ultimately lead to a more comprehensive understanding of environmental harms, as well as to innovative and effective responses to such environmental offences.

Ärger in Organisationen: Eine systemische Strukturanalyse

Für ein umfassendes Verständnis von Ärger im Handlungsfeld "Organisation" greift die immer noch dominierende individualpsychologische Sichtweise zu kurz. Durch die Integration von psychologischen, soziologischen und organisationstheoretischen Ansätzen wird in dieser Arbeit ein theoretischer Aussagenzusammenhang entwickelt, der neue Hinsichten auf Ärger-Episoden in Organisationen ermöglicht. Es wird deutlich, dass Ärger nicht länger als eine auf Individuen beschränkte Randerscheinung oder irrationale Störgröße in einem ansonsten rational funktionierenden Kooperationszusammenhang gesehen werden kann. Da Selbstorganisation, wie sie moderne Organisationen anstreben, nicht zuletzt Konfliktmanagement ist, wird Ärgermanagement zu einer nicht zu unterschätzenden Selbstorganisations-Ressource von Teams.

Chasing Adonis: Gay Men and the Pursuit of Perfection

What is it about some men that makes them an object of our deepest desires? And how far are we willing to go in pursuit of those desires?Chasing Adonis: Gay Men & the Pursuit of Perfection delves into one of the most central mysteries of gay life: What is it gay men find attractive in other men, and why? How much is nature, how much is nurture . . . or maybe just clever marketing? This unique book examines steroid use, body image disorders, gym culture, Internet hook-ups, obsession, stalking, porn, erotic Web sites, strip clubs ... and everything else that makes gay men act "a little bit nutty" when they meet someone who drives them "crazy!" Frank, sexy, and controversial, it uses a light touch to examine a serious subject: how gay society objectifies the male body. Tim Bergling, author of Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior and Reeling in the Years: Gay Men&’s Perspectives on Age and Ageism, surveys gay men about their individual concepts of beauty and desire and about the almost unattainable "Adonis" standard many of them set for themselves. Teenagers, senior citizens, and the guys "stuck in the middle" discuss the idea of perfection, how much it changes or evolves over time, and whether the exterior "package" outweighs what&’s inside. From the author:It never ceases to amaze me just how powerful the &’d-word&’&’(desire) can be, how it can take control of our lives and shut everything out, sometimes for just a few moments, sometimes for days or weeks at a time, depending on how badly we&’re smitten. Ask just about anybody, and they can likely pull up a story from their past-or their present-when they&’ve done something incredibly stupid or ill-advised, or maybe just something completely out of character, in pursuit of their heart&’s desire.Chasing Adonis examines: obsession and rejection self-esteem issues the allure of youth preferences in body shapes, types, and sizes "designer genes" vs. first impressions assessing body parts narcissism or comfort level-why men chase after guys who look like them AIDS and HIV gay porn adult book stores and the Internet the Calvin Klein ad campaign featuring "Marky" Mark Wahlberg the Abercrombie & Fitch ads "Tom of Finland" gay icons weight training and fitness clubs steroids and plastic surgery "circuit parties" body dysmorphia and much more!Chasing Adonis: Gay Men and the Pursuit of Perfection is an entertaining and enlightening read for gay men of all ages.

Chasing Adonis: Gay Men and the Pursuit of Perfection

What is it about some men that makes them an object of our deepest desires? And how far are we willing to go in pursuit of those desires?Chasing Adonis: Gay Men & the Pursuit of Perfection delves into one of the most central mysteries of gay life: What is it gay men find attractive in other men, and why? How much is nature, how much is nurture . . . or maybe just clever marketing? This unique book examines steroid use, body image disorders, gym culture, Internet hook-ups, obsession, stalking, porn, erotic Web sites, strip clubs ... and everything else that makes gay men act "a little bit nutty" when they meet someone who drives them "crazy!" Frank, sexy, and controversial, it uses a light touch to examine a serious subject: how gay society objectifies the male body. Tim Bergling, author of Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior and Reeling in the Years: Gay Men&’s Perspectives on Age and Ageism, surveys gay men about their individual concepts of beauty and desire and about the almost unattainable "Adonis" standard many of them set for themselves. Teenagers, senior citizens, and the guys "stuck in the middle" discuss the idea of perfection, how much it changes or evolves over time, and whether the exterior "package" outweighs what&’s inside. From the author:It never ceases to amaze me just how powerful the &’d-word&’&’(desire) can be, how it can take control of our lives and shut everything out, sometimes for just a few moments, sometimes for days or weeks at a time, depending on how badly we&’re smitten. Ask just about anybody, and they can likely pull up a story from their past-or their present-when they&’ve done something incredibly stupid or ill-advised, or maybe just something completely out of character, in pursuit of their heart&’s desire.Chasing Adonis examines: obsession and rejection self-esteem issues the allure of youth preferences in body shapes, types, and sizes "designer genes" vs. first impressions assessing body parts narcissism or comfort level-why men chase after guys who look like them AIDS and HIV gay porn adult book stores and the Internet the Calvin Klein ad campaign featuring "Marky" Mark Wahlberg the Abercrombie & Fitch ads "Tom of Finland" gay icons weight training and fitness clubs steroids and plastic surgery "circuit parties" body dysmorphia and much more!Chasing Adonis: Gay Men and the Pursuit of Perfection is an entertaining and enlightening read for gay men of all ages.

Religious Education in a Global-Local World (Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies #4)

This book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and possible future forms of RE. In doing so, it enhances public and professional understanding of the complex issues and debates surrounding RE in the wider world. The volume emphasizes a student-centred approach, viewing any kind of ‘RE’, or its absence, as a formative lived experience for pupils. It stresses a bottom-up, sociological and ethnographic/anthropological research-based approach to the study of RE, rather than the ‘top down’ approaches which often start from prescriptive legal, ideological or religious standpoints. The twelve chapters in this volume regard RE as an entity that has multiple and contested meanings and interpretations that are constantly negotiated. For some, ‘RE’ means religious nurturing, either tailored to parental views or meant to inculcate a uniform religiosity. For others, RE means learning about the many religious and non-religious world-views and secular ethics that exist, not promoting one religion or another. Some seek to avoid the ambiguous term ‘religious education’, replacing it with terms such as ‘education about religions and beliefs’ or ‘the religious dimension of intercultural education’.

Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism: Breaking the Law to Change the World

This book summarises and critiques Extinction Rebellion (XR) as a social movement organisation, engaging with key issues surrounding its analysis, strategy and tactics. The authors suggest that XR have an underdeveloped and apolitical view of the kind of change necessary to address climate change, and that while this enables the building of broad movements, it is also an obstacle to achieving the systemic change that they are aiming for. The book analyses different forms of protest and the role of civil disobedience in their respective success or failure; democratic demands and practices; and activist engagement with the political economy of climate change. It engages with a range of theoretical perspectives that address law-breaking in protest and participatory forms of democracy including liberal political theory; anarchism and forms of historical materialism, and will be of interest to students and scholars across politics, international relations, sociology, policy studies and geography, as well as those interested in climate change politics and activism.

Bildung – Arbeit – Erwachsenwerden: Ein interdisziplinärer Blick auf die Transition im Jugend und jungen Erwachsenenalter

Der Übergang von der Schule ins Erwachsenen- und Erwerbsleben ist eine entscheidende und kritische Lebensphase. Vieles deutet darauf hin, dass diese Transitionen in modernen Gesellschaften länger, anforderungsreicher, unübersichtlicher und risikoreicher geworden sind. Der vorliegende Band beleuchtet diese Transitionen aus Sicht der Ökonomie, Pädagogik, Psychologie und Soziologie. Dazu werden disziplinäre und interdisziplinäre Beiträge sowie aktuelle empirische Zugänge präsentiert, die die biografische Phase von der Grundbildung bis ins Erwerbsleben abdecken.

Conspiracy & Populism: The Politics of Misinformation

Europeans are being replaced by foreign invaders, aided by cultural Marxists who are plotting an Islamist subversion of the continent. The Bilderberg group – and/or the Illuminati – are instating a totalitarian New World Order. Angela Merkel is the secret daughter of Adolf Hitler, Barack Obama was illegitimate, and George W. Bush was in on the 9/11 attacks. Also, the Holocaust is a hoax, members of Pussy Riot are agents of the West, and the European Union is resurrecting the Roman Empire, this time as a communist super-state. These are some of the tales that are told by populist political actors across Europe, were raised during the Brexit debate in the UK, and have been promoted by presidents of both the US and Russia. Rapid rise of populist political parties around Europe and across the Atlantic in the early new millennium coincided with the simultaneous increased spread of conspiracy theories. This book entangles the two tropes and maps how right-wing populists apply conspiracy theories to advance their politics and support for their parties.

Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism

This book maps three waves of nativist populism in the post-war era, emerging into contemporary Neo-Nationalism. The first wave rose in the wake of the Oil Crisis in 1972. The second was ignited by the Collapse of Communism in 1989, spiking with the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The third began to emerge after the Financial Crisis of 2008, soaring with the Refugee Crisis of 2015. Whether the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020 will lead to the rise of a fourth wave remains to be seen. The book traces a move away from liberal democracy and towards renewed authoritative tendencies on both sides of the Atlantic. It follows the mainstreaming of formerly discredited and marginalized politics, gradually becoming a new normal. By identifying common qualities of Neo-Nationalism, the book frames a threefold claim of nativist populists in protecting the people: discursively creating an external threat, pointing to domestic traitors, and positioning themselves as the true defenders of the nation.

Ökonomisierung des Privaten?: Aspekte von Autonomie und Wandel der häuslichen Privatheit

Scheitern - Organisations- und wirtschaftssoziologische Analysen

Reserviert man den Begriff des Scheiterns lediglich für die nicht gelingende Herstellung oder Aufrechterhaltung sozialer Ordnung, dann vergibt die Soziologie ihr Potenzial an differenzierter Analysefähigkeit. An diesem Schwachpunkt der soziologischen Analyse möchte der vorliegende Sammelband ansetzen und konzentriert sich daher auf Formen, Funktionen und Folgen des Scheiterns sowie auf ihre Bearbeitung. In den Beiträgen werden dabei ganz unterschiedliche Phänomene des Scheiterns in den Blick genommen und analysiert. Dabei fällt in der Zusammenschau vor allem eines auf: ‚Das Soziale‘ scheint extrem flexibel und widerstandsfähig. Bemerkenswerterweise – und das ist die Quintessenz der Beiträge – scheitert das Scheitern offensichtlich immer wieder an der Widerständigkeit des Sozialen. Die differenzierte Auseinandersetzung mit Phänomenen und Facetten des Scheiterns ermöglicht es, die Widerständigkeit des Sozialen in ihrer Doppelgestalt ernst zu nehmen: sie verwandelt Erfolgsprojekte en masse in scheiternde Konstellationen und gleichzeitig bringt sie das Scheitern zum Scheitern.

Kommunikative Konstruktion von Moral: Band 2: Von der Moral zu den Moralen

Im gleichen Maß, in dem sich in den Massenmedien die populistischen Diskussionen über Wandel oder Verfall der Moral in der Moderne mehren, häufen sich in der Philosophie und Wissenschaft - angeheizt noch einmal durch die Debatte um den Kommunitarismus - die theoretischen Spekulationen. Dagegen sind empirisch begründete, auf Theoriebildung ausgerichtete Untersuchungen über die gegenwärtige Verfassung der Moral und ihre soziale Konstruktion und Reproduktion selten, wenngleich sie allenthalben als Desiderat empfunden werden. Das Buch füllt diese Leerstelle. Es geht aus der Untersuchungsarbeit eines mehrjährigen, von der DFG geförderten Forschungsprojekts "Formen der kommunikativen Konstruktion von Moral" hervor. Unter der Leitung von Professor Dr. Jörg Bergmann (Institut für Soziologie, Universität Gießen) und Professor Dr. Thomas Luckmann (Institut für Soziologie, Universität Konstanz) fand sich eine interdisziplinäre ForscherInnengruppe zusammen, die auch zusammen verantwortlich für den Text zeichnet. Die beteiligten AutorInnen sind die SoziologInnen Ruth Ayaß, Gabriele B. Christmann, Michaela Goll, Hubert Knoblauch, Kirsten Nazarkiewicz, die LinguistInnen Susanne Günthner und Helga Kotthoff sowie die Politikwissenschaftlerin Verena Blöcher.

Eigensinnige Geographien: Städtische Raumaneignungen als Ausdruck gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe