EXC 212 C2-15 - BETWEEN DESIRE AND REALITY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN THE SELF-IMAGE OF MUSLIMS OF TURKISH ORIGIN IN GERMANY

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Description

The increasing pluralisation of the religious in Germany raises the question as to the overarching norms of social cohesion and as to the integration of sections of the population that differ culturally and religiously from the majority society, not only on the political and legal, but also on a social level. In order to capture this level, approaches, attitudes, standards of evaluation and interpretive patterns need to be looked at, as legal and political regulations can only take effect to the extent which they meet with support in society and are often framed in consideration of existing social lines of tension and conflict. Due to the fact that these lines of tension frequently run between the majority society and religious or ethnic minorities, it is not sufficient to understand the respective orientations of the majority society’s members only. Instead, it is advisable to analyse carefully the attitudes, situational interpretations, wishes and dislikes of minorities. The project aims to pursue these questions on the basis of a representative social survey among Turkish Muslims in Germany.