Gespalten zwischen Stadt und Land? Neue Ansätze der Ländlichkeitsforschung und die Perspektiven der Zeitgeschichte

Lately, there have been increasing signs of a new or revived conflict between the city and the countryside, which seems to be reflected in particular in the rejection of democracy by the rural population. Recent research approaches to rurality reveal the diversity of rural areas, their ongoing production through discursive and material practices, and their multiple entanglements with other areas. A wide range of research topics can be made accessible to contemporary history, which has been concentrating on urban issues. Historians can also question the idea of a spatially divided society.