TY - JOUR AU - HISCHIER, DAVID AU - ROTZER, BERNHARD PY - 2022/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - POSTMODERNISM AND TOLERANCE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN SWITZERLAND JF - JOURNAL OF MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM STUDIES (JOMOPS) JA - JOMOPS VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.47333/modernizm.2022.88 UR - https://dergi.modernizm.org/index.php/journal/article/view/190 SP - AB - <p>Cultural diversity is the norm and part of the social reality in Swiss classrooms. In this context, the<br />authors are interested in how diversity is dealt with among young people in Switzerland and refer<br />theoretically Zygmunt Baumanʼs concept of postomodernity. Previous youth studies concluded that<br />postmodern values as social plurality, inclusion and individual fulfillment dominate among young people.<br />Based on these data, this study explores the question of whether values in the sense of postmodernism<br />are as firmly anchored among Swiss young people as they are among those in Germany. 36 high school<br />students in a bilingual (German/French) school in Switzerland wrote about a person of their choice from<br />the world of ethics and religion and their significance to the present day. Datum was analyzed inductively<br />using Grounded Theory and categorically classified. The student texts exemplified postmodern values<br />through categories such as the fight against racism and poverty, charity, and gender equality. The article<br />concludes with a discussion of possible consequences for school and teaching.</p> ER -