Establishment
Establishment ( English establishment [ ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt ], facility ',' organized corporation ') describes a politically , economically and socially influential milieu group or class , an established elite . Usually the power elite in a country or region is meant. The use of the term sometimes implies a negative-critical attitude.
The expression was shaped primarily by the youth and student movement of the mid-1960s as a catchphrase for the ruling forces, whose actions were aimed at consolidating their power and suppressing the non- privileged classes. In the course of the 1968 movement it was a constant catchphrase z. B. the then emerging " Republican Clubs ". A spontaneous saying at the time was : Anyone who slept with the same person twice already belongs to the establishment.
The tea party movement in the United States is often referred to as the populist anti-establishment movement.
literature
- Norbert Elias , John L. Scotson: The Established and the Outsiders. A Sociological Inquiry into Community Problems (1965), German: Established and outsiders . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-518-38382-5 .
- Norbert Elias, Herminio Martins, Richard Whitley: Scientific Establishments and Hierarchies (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook). Springer 1982, ISBN 9027713227 .
Web links
- Roland Nelles : Fortunately there is the establishment. In: Spiegel Online , February 11, 2017 (comment).