Rekonstruktion des Nationalmythos?

Aktuelle Debatten um nationale Identität

Most unitary and essentialist national myths have been disenchanted after the two world wars and the period of national socialism in Germany. Especially for todays »postnational constellation« (Habermas) of globalization the concept of the nation as a source of social coherence seems outworn. At the same time, a variety of public and civil society actors try to reinforce a new and universal »Monomythos« (Marquard).These attempts of a mythical reinstallation in postmodern society and media raise the following questions: What is the distinct difference between the contemporary myths and the ones of the early modern period? Who are the initiators of these national myths? On which ideologies and convictions are they based? What are the instruments and resources used in the struggle for constructing national history? And finally, who are the opponents to these efforts and how do they oppose?These questions have been discussed at the international conference »Reconstructions of national myths? France, Germany and the Ukraine in comparison«, hold by the chair of political theory and the history of political thought of the University of Rostock at 8 October, 2011. This transcript publishes the conference contributions plus two additional articles analyzing the contemporary politics of memorization from a perspective of European cultural anthropology. A concluding essay by the editor completes the conference transcript.

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Dr. Hans-Ulrich Thamer ist Professor für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte an der Universität Münster. 1980-1989 Studium der Empirischen Kulturwissenschaft, Neueren Geschichte mit Schwerpunkt Osteuropa und Soziologie in Tübingen, 1990-1995 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Bereich Designtheorie der Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Promotion mit der Arbeit »Elektrifizierung als Vision. Zur Symbolgeschichte einer Technik im Alltag« (Tübingen 1999) Irene Götz ist seit 2007 Professorin am Institut für Volkskunde/Europäische Ethnologie der Universität München. Prof. Dr. Yves Bizeul lehrt Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte am Institut für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften der Universität Rostock und ist assoziierter Forscher am Centre de Sociologie des Religions et d'ÉthiqueSociale (C.S.R.E.S., Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg).

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