Stress between Late Socialism and Transformation.How East German and Czechoslovak/Czech societies dealt with tension and strain, 1970-2000

晚期社会主义与转型之间的压力。1970-2000 年东德和捷克斯洛伐克/捷克社会如何应对紧张局势

• 批准号: 402698948
• 负责人: Dr. Jan Arend
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung an der Technischen Universität Dresden e.V. (HAIT)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/402698948?language=en
• 关键词: Stress; between; Late; Socialism; Transformation.How

Using the example of East Germany and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, this project examines for the first time how late socialist and post-socialist societies in Central Europe dealt with the phenomenon of stress. In the context of State Socialism, the term "stress" came into broader use since the 1970s, denoting instances of tension and strain that are characteristically experienced both on the physical (body) and psychological level. In the period under study, stress, firstly, attracted the attention of experts in the fields of medicine and psychology, and, secondly, became one of the key emotional experiences of social change and political disruption for large parts of the population. The project analyzes stress-related practices and discourses between 1970 and 2000, focusing on their social and political functions in late state socialism on the one hand, and post-socialism on the other.So far, historical research tended to associate stress with lifestyles and working conditions typical of capitalism and neoliberalism. Hence, previous studies have situated the issue of stress culturally in the West. The fact that, beginning in the 1970s, stress came to be perceived and debated as a problem also on the Eastern side of the “Iron Curtain” has been largely overlooked by previous research. Also, the rise of stress to become a dominant theme of societal debate in societies undergoing post-socialist transformation after 1989/90 remains understudied. This project addresses this gap in the existing research and thereby illuminates a central aspect of the transformation experience in Central Europe after 1989/90 along with its largely overlooked pre-history since the 1970s. By doing so, the project makes an important contribution to our understanding of how political and economical transformation went along with changes in how societies dealt with emotions and the body.

该项目以东德和捷克斯洛伐克/捷克共和国为例，首次审查了中欧后期的社会主义社会和后社会主义社会如何应对压力现象。在国家社会主义的背景下，“压力”一词自1970年代以来得到更广泛的使用，指的是在身体(身体)和心理层面上都有典型经历的紧张和紧张的情况。在研究期间，压力首先引起了医学和心理学领域专家的注意，其次成为社会变革和政治混乱的关键情感体验之一。该项目分析了1970至2000年间与压力相关的实践和话语，重点关注它们在国家社会主义晚期和后社会主义时代的社会和政治功能。到目前为止，历史研究倾向于将压力与资本主义和新自由主义典型的生活方式和工作条件联系起来。因此，以前的研究将压力问题定位在西方文化上。事实上，从20世纪70年代开始，压力开始被视为一个问题，并在“铁幕”的东侧也被辩论，这一事实在很大程度上被以前的研究忽视了。此外，在1989/90年后经历后社会主义转型的社会中，压力的上升成为社会辩论的一个主要主题仍未得到充分研究。该项目解决了现有研究中的这一差距，从而阐明了1989/90年后中欧转型经历的一个中心方面，以及自1970年代以来基本上被忽视的史前时期。通过这样做，该项目对我们理解政治和经济转型如何伴随着社会处理情绪和身体的变化做出了重要贡献。