Brinkmann-Göbel R, Reinhard H G
Acta Paedopsychiatr. 1989;52(3):217-31.
Young peoples' protest against conditions in society as a whole is increasingly carried out by way of provocative style formations, i.e. on the symbolic-expressive level. The intellectual conflict, as it still occurs partially in alternative movements, seems to lose its attractiveness amongst the young people. By means of a critical reflection of the dominant concept "culture" and of the predominant cultural significance patterns an attempt is made at deciphering subcultural styles (mods, teds, punks, etc.) as a symbolic form of criticism and rejection towards the prevalent order. The class-specific subcultural style formation is discussed as well as the role of the mass mediae in reference to their spread over all walks of life, internationalization and social collection. Young peoples' subcultures can be seen in their creating and trying-out of alternative standards of living as important orientation helps for the development of a collective and personal identity. This function gains particular significance considering the psychological concept of adolescence as being a particularly vulnerable phase in man's biographic course and the problematic position of modern industrial society discussed from the sociological side under the catchword "Colonialization of the life world (Lebenswelt)" (Habermas 1981).
年轻人对整个社会状况的抗议越来越多地通过挑衅性的风格形式来进行，即在象征表达层面上。知识分子之间的冲突，尽管在一些替代运动中仍部分存在，但在年轻人中似乎已失去吸引力。通过对主导概念“文化”以及主流文化意义模式进行批判性反思，人们试图将亚文化风格（摩德族、泰迪族、朋克族等）解读为对盛行秩序进行批判和排斥的一种象征形式。文中讨论了特定阶级的亚文化风格形成，以及大众媒体在其向各行各业传播、国际化和社会集聚方面所起的作用。年轻人的亚文化可以被视为他们创造和尝试另类生活标准的过程，这对集体身份和个人身份的发展具有重要的导向作用。考虑到心理学中关于青春期是人生传记过程中一个特别脆弱阶段的概念，以及从社会学角度以“生活世界的殖民化”（哈贝马斯，1981年）为关键词所讨论的现代工业社会的问题地位，这一功能就显得尤为重要。
