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The life course approach - it's about time!

Der Lebenslaufansatz - it's about time
[journal article]

Wingens, Matthias
Reiter, Herwig

Abstract

"Obwohl der Lebenslaufansatz unser Verständnis von Gesellschaft über die letzten Jahrzehnte erheblich bereichert und zu wichtigen methodologischen Innovationen geführt hat, war sein Beitrag zur allgemeinen Theoriebildung eher gering. Indem er den essentiell zeitlichen Charakter des Lebenslaufansatze... view more

"Obwohl der Lebenslaufansatz unser Verständnis von Gesellschaft über die letzten Jahrzehnte erheblich bereichert und zu wichtigen methodologischen Innovationen geführt hat, war sein Beitrag zur allgemeinen Theoriebildung eher gering. Indem er den essentiell zeitlichen Charakter des Lebenslaufansatzes in den Vordergrund rückt, versteht sich dieser Artikel als ein erster Schritt in Richtung einer theoretischen Elaboration des Lebenslaufansatzes. Zunächst beschreiben die Autoren die wesentlichen Aspekte und Dimensionen des Lebenslaufansatzes und diskutieren die zeitsoziologischen Implikationen seiner Leitprinzipien, die oft als theoretische Kernaussagen missverstanden werden. Im Anschluss daran erörtern sie zeitliche Aspekte der analytischen Schlüsselkonzepte des Lebenslaufansatzes (Transition, Trajektorie und Wendepunkt). Um den unmittelbaren Zusammenhang zur Zeitsoziologie zu unterstreichen, schließt der Artikel mit einer Diskussion ausgewählter zeitlicher Aspekte der Struktur von Trajektorien." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"Over the last few decades the life course approach has considerably enriched our understanding of the social world and stimulated important methodological innovations. Yet, its theoretical contribution for advancing social theory in general has been marginal. The article suggests first steps toward... view more

"Over the last few decades the life course approach has considerably enriched our understanding of the social world and stimulated important methodological innovations. Yet, its theoretical contribution for advancing social theory in general has been marginal. The article suggests first steps towards life course theorizing by considering the essentially temporal character of this approach. The article first defines what constitutes the life course approach and then discusses its dimensions and, in a time-sociological perspective its guiding principles which are often mistaken for the theoretical essence of life course research. The authors then elaborate on the temporal aspects of the analytical key concepts of the life course approach: transition, trajectory, and turning point. In order to indicate the direct link to the sociology of time the authors conclude with a discussion of some temporal aspects of the structure of trajectories." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
transformation; sociology; life career; structure; society; research approach; social actor; theory; sociological theory; social change; time; scope of action

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

Document language
English

Publication Year
2011

Page/Pages
p. 187-203

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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