Covenant of life
Lebensbund denotes a lifelong bond ( bond for life ) between two or more people, which begins with a ceremony or with joining an organization . The term is used to describe partnerships as well as religious or spiritual collectives or members of student associations .
The principle of the Lebensbund is a premodern, corporate design of social relationships, such as in corporations of the class society , which do not know or even prohibit voluntary entry or exit. Modern institutions usually apply the principle without legal sanctions by granting benefits. According to the concept, the life covenant principle also occurs in many other social connections such as in the military. Well-known examples of this are the French Foreign Legion and the United States Marines .
Student associations
In student associations , newly admitted students first have to go through a trial period of one or more semesters , during which they should grow into the life of the union as a fox . Then they are finally accepted as a boy . As part of the thus entered Lebensbundes, a liaison member is required to return later as a professional the support that he himself experienced during his studies in the form of donations, invitations, financial contributions to the old gentlemen's association , the expenses of the student association, or through advice and support in Questions about individual professional development: the Lebensbund establishes intergenerational exchanges between students and former students, entry and exit are voluntary.
The first student associations to practice this principle were the student orders in the second half of the 18th century . When these dissolved and the first connections in today's sense, the later so-called corps , emerged, some of them - especially in the southern German-Bavarian area - took over this form of coexistence (see also Life Corps and Weapons Corps ). From the middle of the 19th century, the principle of the Lebensbund was common in all student associations.
Youth movement
In the youth movement , ideas of the men's and life leagues were conveyed through contact with the ideas of the poet Stefan George , especially in the period between the world wars , which led to the emergence of the Bündische Jugend .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Silke Möller: Between Science and “Burschenherrlichkeit”. Student socialization in the German Empire, 1871–1914 (= Pallas Athene. Contributions to the history of universities and science. Vol. 4). Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07842-8 , 119 ff., (At the same time: Bielefeld, University, dissertation, 2000).