Protestantism and the the debates on the german welfare state

这个拟议的项目考察了新教对德国社会秩序设计的影响，这些影响反映在关于西德福利国家的主要辩论中。福利国家的制度可以理解为社会秩序观念的表现，关于福利国家改革的辩论可以解读为关于不断变化的思想原则、社会条件和文化实践的谈判。因此，这两个项目聚焦于20世纪70年代和80年代的重要辩论，这些辩论将放在更长期的背景下进行。其中一个项目考察了社会新教在关于老龄化社会的讨论中的作用和影响。自20世纪60年代中期以来不断下降的出生率对福利国家来说是一个挑战，因为在稳定的人口状况下，福利国家的运作在许多方面都有赖于此。然而，关于西德人口趋势的争论远远不止于此。在人口统计辩论的背景下，还讨论了性别关系、国家认同和社会团结等概念的变化。第二个项目就工作和社会性质的变化，主要是1970年代以来大规模失业的经历，展开了另一场关于社会变化的辩论。再一次，福利国家的辩论有一个功能核心，因为就业构成了西德社会保障体系的核心类别。但工作也是构成德国社会的主要社会因素之一。因此，辩论还提到了工作对个人生活和社会关系、对认可和尊严的重要性。这里还讨论了性别关系、国家认同和社会正义的变化。社会新教在这些辩论中做出了重大贡献。这些项目要求在当时的新教伦理的背景下，这些贡献的性质。他们还调查了与其他对这场辩论的贡献进行交流的影响，并询问这些辩论的逆转如何影响了社会新教的立场。这两个项目都应将虚构秩序的发展与其在社会和政治进程中的重要性问题联系起来，以便在理论秩序草案、社会辩论和决策进程之间建立一座分析桥梁。

The proposed project examines the influence of Protestantism to the design of the German social order reflected in main debates on the West German welfare state. The institutions of the welfare state can be understood as a manifestation of ideas of social orders, debates on its reform can be read as negotiating about changing ideological principles, social conditions and cultural practices. The two projects focus therefore on important debates of the 1970s and 1980s, which are to be put into a longer-term context.One project examines the role and influence of the social Protestantism on discussions about the aging society. The imploding birth rates since the mid-1960s meant a challenge for the welfare state, because its functioning was dependent in many respects in a stable demographic situation. However, the debate on the West German population trend goes far beyond. In the context of demographic debates also changing conceptions of gender relations, national identity and social solidarity were discussed.A second project takes up another debate on social change regarding the changing nature of work and society, mainly the experience of mass unemployment since the 1970s. Again, the welfare state debates have a functional core because employment formed a central category of social security systems in West Germany. But work was also one of the main social factors structuring the German society. So the debates also refer to the importance of work for individual life and social relationships, for recognition and dignity. And also here, changes in gender relations, the national identity and social justice were discussed.The social Protestantism has made significant contributions to these debates. The projects ask for the character of these contributions in the context of protestant ethics of the time. They also investigate the effects of exchange with other contributions to the debate and ask how the debates turn back had influence on the positions of social Protestantism. Both projects shall connect the development of imaginary orders with the question of their importance in social and political processes in order to build an analytical bridge between the theoretical order drafts, social debates and policy-making processes.