Raewyn Connell

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Raewyn Connell, before 2011

Raewyn Connell (formerly also Bob Connell or Robert William Connell , born January 3, 1944 ) is an Australian sociologist who is critical of culture, media and political rule and who has increasingly specialized in gender studies. Raewyn Connell is Professor of Education at the University of Sydney . She is one of the most important scientists in the field of “critical men's research” . She has an emancipatory approach and uses theories and concepts of feminist gender studies to analyze the situation of men in society. Her best known and most fundamental contribution to research on men is the concept of a hegemonic masculinity .

"Ruling Class - Ruling Culture"

Raewyn Connell, the sociology professor at Macquarie University, published her book "Ruling Class - Ruling Culture" (1977), which was also internationally acclaimed at the time. In its self-image, the approach is an anti- bullshit sociology of the “ Aussie ” society ( Alphons Silbermann ), politically oriented towards Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony and sociologically oriented towards Charles Wright Mill's elite- critical sociology of power. Connell calls for a differentiated class analysis of Australian society, in a partly polemical dispute with (until the mid-1970s) social structure analyzes by Australian sociologists. Case studies of the ruling class of the fifth continent and their “ ruling culture ” follow . This is presented in four sections: (i) introduction, it comes to empirical evidence for certain by early experiences and childhood class consciousness, then (ii) personal socialization and to (iii) media certain middle-class styles ( " middle-class culture "), eventually Looking ahead to (iv) the question called “ pattern of hegemony ”: Who (controls) whom?

Effects historical aspects

The concept of hegemonic masculinity developed by Connell has established itself within German sociology and is often cited as a fundamental approach in scientific literature.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See ⁂ Scriptures : “Ruling Class - Ruling Culture. Studies of Conflict, ... ”, page 250.
  2. ↑ z. B. Michael Meuser : Gender and Masculinity. Sociological theory and cultural patterns of interpretation. Publishing house for social sciences. ISBN 978-3531171692

Fonts (selection)

  • Ruling Class - Ruling Culture. Studies of Conflict, Power & Hegenomy in Australian Life , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977
  • Class Structure in Australian History (1980)
  • Making the Difference (1982)
  • Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics , Stanford University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8047-1430-4
  • Masculinities , Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995 ISBN 0-7456-1469-8 (German: The made man: Construction and crisis of masculinity , Opladen: Leske + Budrich 1999 ISBN 3-8100-1805-8 )
  • Male Roles, Masculinities and Violence: A Culture of Peace Perspective , UNESCO , 2000 ISBN 92-3-103745-5 (editor, with Ingeborg Breines and Ingrid Eide)
  • Gender , Cambridge: Polity Press 2001
  • Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities , Sage Publications, 2004 (edited with Jeff Hearn and Michael Kimmel ) ISBN 0-7619-2369-1

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personal data
SURNAME Connell, Raewyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Connell, Bob (maiden name); Connell, Robert William (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian gender researcher
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1944