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Culturalism of Exclusion in an Established-Outsider-Figuration
Kulturalisierung von Exklusion in einer Etablierten-Außenseiter-Figuration
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Abstract
This paper paradigmatically deals with the problem of understanding and explanation of established-outsider-figurations which have been mostly grasped in the dominant research, public understanding as well as political debates under the category ‘cultural differences.’ Further, I am going to evaluat... view more
This paper paradigmatically deals with the problem of understanding and explanation of established-outsider-figurations which have been mostly grasped in the dominant research, public understanding as well as political debates under the category ‘cultural differences.’ Further, I am going to evaluate the concept of an established-outsider figuration of Norbert Elias as much more adequate to understand group conflicts and their dynamics in time. In this paper, using the example of the “Sarrazin debate,” I would like to work out how the differences in power ratios could be perceived in an established-outsider-relationship as differences of human beings in terms of their quality as well as their values as groups and as individuals. This connection is conceptualised by Norbert Elias and John L. Scotson as “the logic of the emotions.”... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; cultural difference; group dynamics; Islam; public opinion; figuration; individual; Federal Republic of Germany; social conflict; group; cultural factors; social perception; stigmatization; guiding culture; exclusion; Muslim; argumentation; marginality
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
established-outsider-figuration; Sarrazin, Thilo
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 175-193
Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 3
Issue topic
Figurational Analysis as Historical and Comparative Method: Established-Outsider Relations
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.3.175-193
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed