Identity in Eastern Germany

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,0, Charles University in Prague, language: English, abstract: 15 years after the reunification of Germany, real unity does not seem to appear in neither Western nor Eastern German minds. Instead, we are facing a split-up society with two clearly developed collective identities based on the model "We" and "them". How could that happen? What comprises the East German identity? What are the recent developments? Those questions are going to be examined in this essay.