THE MILIEU IN THE MODERN-ERA - ON UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING A POST-TRADITIONAL, SOCIAL SPACE CONCEPT OF THE MILIEU

This article examines the viability of a localized milieu concept whic h asserts persistence. With critical reference to theoretical argument s on the ''second modern era'', the author develops a dynamic milieu c onstruct which incorporates two ideal-typical models which may be char acterized as ''supporting structures'' and ''threshold spaces''. Throu gh interpretation by secondary analysis of reconstructive case studies (in and around Berlin) it has been possible to empirically underscore these two milieu types. The result is a concept of ''modernized'' soc ial-spacial milieus which form. a bridge between globalization and loc alism on which new types of reembedding are being tested.