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%T The specific way of individualization in Germany: a culture-theoretical comparison to the USA %A Kron, Thomas %J International Journal of Contemporary Sociology %N 2 %P 219-238 %V 40 %D 2003 %= 2010-10-19T09:56:00Z %~ USB Köln %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-192405 %U http://www.soziologie.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaabxidk %X "The paper examines the sociological reflections of individualization processes in Germany and the USA. In this comparison it appears that German sociology identifies a 'dialectical individualization' whereas sociology in the US ascertains a 'social individualization'. It is elaborated that the actual cause for this difference (which is important for, but mostly ignored in the public-political discourse) is on the one hand the relative cultural inheritance, and on the other hand the developments of post World-War II. Thus, the example of individualization shows that sociological theory has to be more sensitive towards cultural idiosyncrasies and towards specific historical steps in development." (author's abstract) %C USA %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info