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FKO 485:  Norm and Symbol. The Cultural Dimension of Social and Political Integration

Subject Area Humanities
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Term from 2000 to 2009
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5483657
 
The humanities collaborative research centre 485 "Norm and Symbol. The Cultural Dimension of Social and Political Integration" examines the function of normative constructs in their symbolic representation with respect to the construction, reproduction and the change of social order.The research centre comprises eighteen projects from the subjects History, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, Law and Political Science. In subject areas from the antiquity to the present they research:-- the normative foundation of society,-- the symbolic representation of the normative and of structures,-- the social and historical determinants of symbolically mediated integration.The social is observed in its historical forms as created by communication. Consequently, the research centre concentrates on the cultural meaning of symbolic representations. This concept of communication is operationalised in the organisation of the research centre by observing the "scope" of integration processes. Accordingly, the projects form three study areas: (A) Forms and Symbolism of Social Identity Formation, (B) Forms and Symbolism of Power and Rule, (C) Forms and Symbolism of the Identity Formation of Social Groups.
DFG Programme CRC/Cultural Studies Research Centres

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Applicant Institution Universität Konstanz
 
 

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