Stability is central to all discussions of order or security, and as such – contested. How do we think order and how can we re-think it?
Stability is at the core of every discussion of order, organization or institutionalization. From an »inside« perspective, the stability of each order-constituting element is assumed. In contrast, in critical discourses instability (e.g. through ambiguity or non-control) is located at the outside of the social order as its negative. By treating this argumentative symmetrical structure as »idioms of stability and destabilization«, the articles try to rethink order: How can we describe structures from a perspective in which instability, non-control and irrationality are not contrary to ordering systems, but contribute to their stability? How might the notions of identity, knowledge and institutions in social and cultural studies be contested by this change of perspective?
Nicole Falkenhayner
Nicole Falkenhayner (PD Dr.), geb. 1976, lehrt an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Englische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft. Die Alumna des Konstanzer Exzellenzclusters »Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration« hat zur Repräsentationsgeschichte britischer Muslime sowie zur Verzahnung von Medien, öffentlichen Emotionen und Überwachung geforscht und veröffentlicht. Ihre momentanen Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Helden und Heroisierungen in der Populärkultur.
Epistemology Epistemology Interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinarity Institution Institution Identity Identity Knowledge Knowledge Culture Culture Sociology of Culture Sociology of Culture Cultural Studies