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Terrorists and high-speed surfers: towards a sociological conception of performative identity

Terroristen und High-Speed Surfer: auf dem Weg zu einer soziologischen Konzeption performativer Identität
[journal article]

Rosa, Hartmut

Abstract

"Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen des gesellschaftlichen Wandels von der Früh- über die Hoch- zur Spätmoderne auf die zeitliche Konstitution des Lebenslaufs, der Biographie und der personalen Identität. Er rekonstruiert zunächst die inhärent zeitliche Verfasstheit jeglicher Identität und v... view more

"Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen des gesellschaftlichen Wandels von der Früh- über die Hoch- zur Spätmoderne auf die zeitliche Konstitution des Lebenslaufs, der Biographie und der personalen Identität. Er rekonstruiert zunächst die inhärent zeitliche Verfasstheit jeglicher Identität und versucht dann nachzuweisen, dass die 'klassische' Form stabiler moderner Identität nur vor dem Hintergrund eines generationalen Tempos des sozialen Wandels plausibel und realisierbar ist. Weil jedoch als ein Effekt der sozialen Beschleunigung die Veränderungsraten in den Beziehungsmustern und Praxisformen inzwischen eine intra-generationale Geschwindigkeit erreicht haben, sind die spätmodernen Biographie- und Identitätsmuster zu einer Anpassung gezwungen. Diese Anpassung erfolgt in Form eines Übergangs von stabilen personalen zu neuartigen situativen oder 'performativen' Identitäten. Im letzten Teil des Beitrags werden deshalb vier empirisch beobachtbare Typen solcher performativer Identität vorgestellt und diskutiert." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"This essay explores the transformative effects of social evolution from pre- or early to late-modern societies on the temporality of the life-course and on the temporal patterns of identity. It takes the temporal fabric of all forms of identity as its starting point. The main claim it seeks to esta... view more

"This essay explores the transformative effects of social evolution from pre- or early to late-modern societies on the temporality of the life-course and on the temporal patterns of identity. It takes the temporal fabric of all forms of identity as its starting point. The main claim it seeks to establish is that the 'classical' form of modern identity, i.e. the conception of a stable personal identity, is tied up with the generational pace of social change. However, due to the effects of social acceleration the rates of change and social innovation have crossed the threshold to an intra-generational pace of change. Because of the resulting instability in the patterns of association and the culturally relevant forms of knowledge and practice, the forms of identity and the temporalities of the life-course are forced to adapt. As a consequence, the modern conception of personal identities is about to be replaced by new forms of 'performative identity'. Four empirically observable types of such an identity are presented and discussed in the concluding section of this contribution." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
perception; sociology; cultural change; frustration; society; speed; historical development; sociological theory; labor; comparative research; transformation; life career; identity; typology; postmodernism; depression; social change; biography; time; modernity; fundamentalism

Classification
General Concepts, Major Hypotheses and Major Theories in the Social Sciences
Other Fields of Sociology

Document language
English

Publication Year
2011

Page/Pages
p. 204-223

Journal
BIOS - Zeitschrift für Biographieforschung, Oral History und Lebensverlaufsanalysen, 24 (2011) 2

Issue topic
"Times of life in times of change": soziologische Perspektiven zu Zeit und Lebenslauf

ISSN
0933-5315

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0


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