On Ambivalence

Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities invites you to the lecture entitled "On Ambivalence". The lecture will be given by prof. Bernhard Giesen.

His areas of interest:

• Historic-comparative analysis of public opinion and collective identity on a national level

• Sociological analysis of intellectual discourse rituals

• Analysis of national rituals of commemoration

His latest publications:

• Iconic Power - Materiality and Meaning in Social Life (2012)

• Zwischenlagen. Das Außerordentliche als Grund der sozialen Wirklichkeit (2011)