Gesellschaftliche Schließungsprozesse und die Infragestellung der Inklusion – Ein Sondierungsversuch

Abstract Social closure processes and the questioning of inclusion – An exploratory attempt The paper addresses the increasingly critical changes in Western societies that began in the mid-1970s and examines, from a predominantly sociological perspective, how this development has affected the idea of inclusion. This is understood at the socio-structural and social level as a key symbol of the modern narrative of progress. After a very brief outline of the idea of inclusion, the article shows the attacks to which it is currently exposed. Against this background, the article then deals with societal struggles for recognition and ambivalences in currently much-discussed concepts of identity. Finally, it formulates the thesis that the processes of closure currently observable on a global scale aim at a violent disambiguation of the world.