Gesellschaflticher Zusammenhalt und Populismus. Überlegungen zu Varianz in Zeit und Raum

Abstract

Begriff und Vorstellung des »Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts« deuten auf einen komplexen Gegenstand, der in all seinen Facetten von einer einzigen Disziplin kaum gefasst werden kann. Um die sozialen Herausforderungen der Gegenwart zu analysieren, ist daher ein interdisziplinäres Zusammenwirken erforderlich. Das im Jahr 2020 neu gegründete »Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt« nimmt diese Aufgabe an. Die Autor_innen dieses Bandes gehen den Leitfragen des Instituts nach Begriff, Entstehungsbedingungen, Gefährdungen und Wirkungen gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts nach. Die Themen reichen von neuen sozialen Konflikten über das Auseinanderdriften von Stadt und Land bis hin zum Populismus und zunehmenden Antisemitismus.

Biographical Note

Matthias Middell (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University, Germany)

Matthias Middell is a professor of cultural history at Leipzig University as well as a speaker of the SFB 1199 and director of the Global and European Studies Institute at Leipzig University. He studied history earning his PhD from Leipzig University with his research focusing on the French Revolution. Since 2013, he has served as the director of the Graduate School Global and Area Studies in Leipzig and is currently the head of the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Consortium. He teaches regularly at partner universities and co-supervises PhD candidates with colleagues from France, South Africa, and Ethiopia. His current research interests include the history of the French Revolution from a global perspective, history of cultural transfers around the world, and the role of space in the understanding of the current world being the result of long-lasting global connections.

Ulf Engel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University, Germany)

Trained as a political scientist, Ulf Engel is a professor at the Institute of African Studies in Leipzig. He is the director of the DFG-funded PhD Research Training Programme (GK 1261): “Critical Junctures of Globalization” (2006–2016), the co-director of the DFG Priority Programme (SPP 1448): “Adaptation and Creativity in Africa” (2011–2017), and the director of the Integrated Research Training Group of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1199): “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition”. Engel is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), a professor extraordinary in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, and a fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS, South Africa).