Abstract
Values are regarded as ordering principles for social action. This explains some of the scientific attention value problems have recently received. Is social change promoted by and linked to change in values? Are there both changeable and unchangeable values? Politically motivated research on basic values is a good indicator of the uneasiness among elites about social change too rapid and too encompassing to be fully understood. Intercultural comparison seeks to find common values. Widespread acceptance of values, however, does not necessarily mean that we are dealing with basic human goals. Additive research into values or certain value areas does not provide an answer to the question as to what the basic constituents of value systems are. In other words: are there central and irreducible structures in human values?
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1981 Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH, Opladen
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Schmidtchen, G. (1981). What is Holy to the Germans?. In: Baier, H., Kepplinger, H.M., Reumann, K. (eds) Öffentliche Meinung und sozialer Wandel / Public Opinion and Social Change. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87749-9_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87749-9_10
Publisher Name: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Print ISBN: 978-3-531-11533-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-322-87749-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive