Social transformation in the context of familial experience: biographical consequences of a denied past in the Soviet Union

Abstract: Looking at research on social change in Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe in the last decade, one finds a dearth of qualitative studies. Particularly lacking are theory of action studies and genetic analyses, i.e. empirical reconstructions of transformations and reproductions of individuals' history of action (exceptions include the biographical analyses by Miethe 1999; Delow 2000). By contrast, a substantial number of empirical socio-structural analyses on transformation in East Germany can be found, especially event history analysis (cf. Berger 1996). Peter A. Berger calls for an analysis of structures from the inside, i.e. from the perspective of the actors. Though this sounds familiar to us as interpretive researchers, analyses of "factual" events of individual life courses tell us little about the autobiographer's own perspective. Such studies based on socio-structural data and measures of institutional change may be able to generate hypotheses about cognitive, mental changes

Object Details

• Alternative title: Gesellschaftliche Transformation im Kontext von Familienerfahrungen: biographische Konsequenzen einer verleugneten Vergangenheit in der Sowjetunion
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 115-137 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Breckner, Roswitha (Hg.), Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah (Hg.), Miethe, Ingrid (Hg.): Biographies and the division of Europe: experience, action, and change on the "Eastern Side". 2000. S. 115-137. ISBN 3-8100-2887-8

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Opladen
• (who): Leske u. Budrich
• (when): 2000
• Creator: Rosenthal, Gabriele
• Contributor: Breckner, Roswitha ; Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah ; Miethe, Ingrid

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56856
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:52 PM CET