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Bernhard Giesen

Bio: Bernhard Giesen is an academic researcher from University of Konstanz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Collective identity & Politics. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 65 publications receiving 1646 citations. Previous affiliations of Bernhard Giesen include European University Institute & University of Giessen.


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TL;DR: In this article, a typological model for the analysis of collective identify is outlined and applied to the case of German and Japanese national identity, where German national identity is presented as a cultural project carried by the ‘Bildungsburgertum' and Japanese identity is a combination of primordial and civic elements.
Abstract: A general typological model for the analysis of collective identify is outlined and applied to the case of German and Japanese national identity. Primordial, civic and cultural codes of boundary construction are described with respect to their logic of exclusion, corresponding rituals etc. German national identity is presented as a cultural project carried by the ‘Bildungsburgertum’, whereas the Japanese identity is presented as a combination of primordial and civic elements.

266 citations

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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic analytical framework based on the performance metaphor to explain large-scale social and cultural processes, from September 11 to the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, to the role of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Abstract: Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Jeffrey C. Alexander brings together new and leading contributors to make a powerful and coherently argued case for a new direction in cultural sociology, one that focuses on the intersection between performance, ritual and social action. Performance has always been used by sociologists to understand the social world but this volume offers the first systematic analytical framework based on the performance metaphor to explain large-scale social and cultural processes. From September 11, to the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, to the role of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Social Performance draws on recent work in performative theory in the humanities and in cultural studies to offer a novel approach to the sociology of culture. Inspired by the theories of Austin, Derrida, Durkheim, Goffman, and Turner, this is a path-breaking volume that makes a major contribution to the field. It will appeal to scholars and students alike.

255 citations

Book
01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: This paper explored the social construction of charisma and its inevitable decay in a post-utopian pattern of collective identity in a globalised setting, focusing on a paradigm case of the collective trauma of perpetrators: German national identity between 1945 and 2000.
Abstract: This book deals with triumphant and tragic heroes, with victims and perpetrators as archetypes of the Western imagination. A major recent change in Western societies is that memories of triumphant heroism-for example, the revolutionary uprising of the people-are increasingly replaced by the public remembrance of collective trauma of genocide, slavery and expulsion. The first part of the book deals with the heroes and victims and explores the social construction of charisma and its inevitable decay. Part 2 focuses on a paradigm case of the collective trauma of perpetrators: German national identity between 1945 and 2000. After a time of latency, the legacy of nationalistic trauma was addressed in a public conflict between generations. The conflict took center stage in vivid public debates and became a core element of Germany's official political culture. Today public confessions of the guilt of the past have spread beyond the German case. They are part of a new post-utopian pattern of collective identity in a globalised setting.

121 citations

Book
01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: The European Forum on Citizenship (EFC) was a collaborative project at the European University Institute (EUI) in 1995/96 as mentioned in this paper. But it was not used for the European Olympic Games.
Abstract: This volume is a product of a year-long collaborative project "the European Forum on Citizenship" in the academic year 1995/96 at the European University Institute.

86 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism are discussed. And the history of European ideas: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-722.

13,842 citations

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TL;DR: The institution of Citizenship in France and Germany is discussed in this article, where Citizenship as Social Closure is defined as social closure and Citizenship as Community of Descent as community of origin.
Abstract: Preface Introduction: Traditions of Nationhood in France and Germany I. The Institution of Citizenship 1. Citizenship as Social Closure 2. The French Revolution and the Invention of National Citizenship 3. State, State-System, and Citizenship in Germany II. Defining The Citizenry: The Bounds of Belonging 4. Citizenship and Naturalization in France and Germany 5. Migrants into Citizens: The Crystallization of Jus Soli in Late-Nineteenth-Century France 6. The Citizenry as Community of Descent: The Nationalization of Citizenship in Wilhelmine Germany 7. \"Etre Francais, Cela se Merite\": Immigration and the Politics of Citizenship in France in the 1980s 8. Continuities in the German Politics of Citizenship Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

2,803 citations

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TL;DR: The Tenerife air disaster is examined as a prototype of system vulnerability to crisis and it is concluded that the combination of interruption of important routines among interdependent systems, interdependencies that become tighter, and a loss of cognitive efficiency due to autonomic arousal created a configuration that encouraged the occurrence and rapid diffusion of multiple small errors.

835 citations