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Physics and literature are two forms of knowing the world that are both complementary and contingent. Poetical-physical ways of writing and metaphors in physical theories are two sides of a coin. Interviews with Ulrike Draesner, Durs Grünbein, Michael Hampe, Jens Harder, Reinhard Jirgl, Thomas Lehr, Ulrich Woelk, and Juli Zeh enrich our knowledge of these two cultures through voices familiar with both sides.

Physics, Interview, Literature

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Funeral culture is changing rapidly. In recent years, graveyards and burial rituals in Germany have altered significantly. They no longer reflect mechanisms of collective sense-making; instead, they represent individual lifeworlds. Death and the decisions and actions surrounding it have, in effect, become characterised by pluralism.When it comes to legal regulations, however, no change is visible. The law does not interpret the aforementioned cultural transformation from the perspective of the bereaved. It is thus not surprising that graveyard rules and especially the stipulation that human remains may only be interred in a cemetery have come under criticism.Yet today, practices have evolved by which the bereaved can sidestep the rules and keep the ashes of their deceased relatives with them, or scatter them at alternative locations. The trigger for this silent revolution is individualisation. However much individual decisions play a role in this respect, this development is also the result of changes within the cultural mind. They both mark a shift towards mourning becoming more autonomous.

Tod, Trauer, Mitbestimmung, Interview, Selbstbestimmung, Methodologie, Sozialer Wandel, Gesellschaftliche Transformation, Sinnkonstruktion, Trauererfahrungen, Ethik des Trauerns, Umgang mit Trauernden, Bestattungskultur, Friedhofskultur, Kremation, Thanatologie, Grab, Bestattungsgesetz

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A part of sociology always wants to distance itself from any interference in the practice, and another part to influence society. In the first case, sociology sees itself as a science that looks at society from the outside. In the second case, she can not evade her affiliation with society. But what do these supposedly contradictory goals mean for sociologists and what does that say about the subject itself? Natalie Mevissen investigates the relationship of sociology to society with the help of hermeneutic interview analyzes and at the same time formulates conditions for a sociology of sociology in theory and methodology. She advocates a change of perspective: away from a problem discourse towards a perspective of the elective affinity of sociology with society.

Theory --- Practice --- Systems Theory --- Grounded Theory --- Documentary Method --- Science and Technology Studies --- Value Neutrality --- Hermeneutics --- Interview --- Society --- Science --- Sociology of Science --- Sociological Theory --- Sociology --- Theorie --- Praxis --- Systemtheorie --- Grounded Theory --- Dokumentarische Methode --- Science and Technology Studies --- Wertneutralität --- Hermeneutik --- Interview --- Gesellschaft --- Wissenschaft --- Wissenschaftssoziologie --- Soziologische Theorie --- Soziologie