6. Oktober 2023

Riemann-Thomann Model

The Riemann-Thomann model was originally developed by Fritz Riemann in 1975 and taken up by the psychologist Christoph Thomann in 1988. Schulz von Thun eventually applied […]
6. Oktober 2023

Right-wing extremism

Right-wing extremism is not to be understood as a uniform ideology. Rather, the term encompasses a variety of different currents, ideological orientations and organizational forms (cf. […]
6. Oktober 2023

Racism

The etymology of the word race is not clear. Three possibilities from Latin are the derivations of the word ratio „nature, essence,“ radix „root,“ or generatio […]
5. Oktober 2023

Rape Culture

Rape culture represents a social environment in which sexual assault is normalized and thus tolerated. Here, victims are ascribed guilt or complicity based on various reasons, […]
5. Oktober 2023

Populism

Populism (Latin populus „people“) is, according to Duden, „a popular, often demagogic policy characterized by opportunism, which aims to win the favor of the masses (with […]
5. Oktober 2023

Polycentrism

Polycentrism is a multifaceted concept that has concrete meaning and application in many fields, such as intercultural communication and marketing management. A recent exponent of the […]
3. Oktober 2023

Pidgin

In the late 1970s, the Australian linguist Craig Volker learned in the Australian city of Goldcoast from a schoolgirl who spoke German at home in Papua […]
3. Oktober 2023

Postcolonialism

On the one hand, postcolonialism refers to the period of time since the end of colonial foreign rule as well as the resulting constellations on a […]
3. Oktober 2023

Othering

The term „othering“ can be derived from the English word „other“, meaning „different“, and the suffix -ing gives it its active character. character. In German it […]