The verdict against philistines: Forms, functions and dynamics of the invective against middle social strata in modernity (I+)

这项研究项目考察了从19世纪初到现在的“对非利士人的裁决”，即对中间社会阶层的诽谤，认为它是墨守成规的和被动的。首要问题是，这种谩骂在多大程度上促进了社会秩序的活跃。该项目假定“对非利士人的判决”因其好奇性和前瞻性而煽动冲突，从而以一种特定的方式处理社会变化，使其成为社会变化的名副其实的因素。

The Research Project examines the “verdict against philistines”, that is the defamation of middle social strata as conformist and passive, from early 19th century to the present. The leading question is in what ex¬tent this invective has contributed to the dynamisation of social order. The project assumes that the “verdict against philistines” incites conflicts due to its invectiveness and perspectivity, thus addressing social change in a specific manner which makes it a veritable factor of social change