Military ritual

The term Military ritual designated that ceremonies Appearance more university-formed outside of combat missions. In most military rituals under participation that plays ' of the before its and before representatives and citizens of other states, in form of its armed forces up. In public ceremonies the military and its present and past actions present themselves. The military ritual becomes in this sense also as embodiment of the Monopoly of legitimate force the state opposite the citizens interprets; this is not however in Germany durable, because the force monopoly is exercised here except in very closely circumscribed exceptional cases not by the military (Ministry of Defense), but by the police (ministry of the Interior).

The military state rituals in their current form are only common with the modern and, but the triumph courses that developed for the modern military (those also a standing ) represent quite comparable parades formed. In 17. Century in Europe armies again standing were educated and kaserniert, to state bureaucracies developed from that late feudalistische yard state and had to be financed. For this the feudalen deliveries became increasingly too Control systems developed further. One furnished itself the treasury rates increasingly interspersing production sphere and form, capitalism. Its basic conditions (z.B. , and military maintain. Also in 'Material socialism' the former (or today: North Korea) guaranteeing (E) the military the basic conditions of the national-economic rule order, state and/or. National property.


Different types of military rituals

The partial spectacular ceremonies of the military rituals have a high particularly one strengthens. Each of these forms contains even all substantial characteristics a military ritual. The specific effect of each of these forms is based however on the special meaning and/or. Development of per certain characteristics.

Ceremony of the solemn Geloebnisses/oath

Here praised that Recruit: "I gelobe to serve the Federal Republic of Germany faithfully and to defend the right and the liberty of the German people courageously!" With this freiwilligen vow recognizes the soldier the military basic obligation so mentioned (§7 national service act) as well as it refining single obligations (prohibition of the political manipulation in the service, obedience obligation in the context of the superior regulation u.ae.) on. Apart of this moral connection - which exists legal connection independently of it - becomes by the presence of local Prominenz and guests, usually also family members, who connection to those, which it serves and which it defends, manufactured.

Protokollari Receipt rituals

Everyone State guest with ' military honours ' one receives and one discharges. During the public representation of the meeting with state guests the honour formations form for the frameworks. The military state reception is in ritual, with not only mutually Respect, but also the respective - symbolically represents through Honour companies and military bands, those those National anthems play - one demonstrates.

Honouring and mourning rites

  • Special personalities of the high state politics get with special (national or international) causes at their Residence one Guard. Depending upon meaning of the personality and the cause two up to many stand well visibly, but only with unimportant order for protection, z.B. before the main entrance. Such a guard has excluding the function that Ehrerbietung.
  • Besides humans receive, in the course of their life around the state made themselves earned particularly - for example by them state politics to have successfully operated or by being killed as soldiers in the employment for the state - State funeral with military participation.
  • Determined on and to certain recurring causes find Wreath-layings instead of. The history of the place and the date for instance in form of the held Speeches or that that Anniversary umrankenden public discussions always stand thereby in the center. With these ceremonies in Germany the pleased soldier of all nations of the world wars, the soldier pleased in international missions as well as the victims by despotism in Germany are thought.

Military parades

Many the world are usually it shown and their equipment Parades.

Military parades were held also again and again in history for the power demonstration and intimidation from opponents, can be used thus as political means, which goes beyond the pure presentation far.

see also: Trooping the Colour

Large tap caper

There those that Federal Republic of Germany only abroad at parades, z participate.B. in the context of international federations, the specifically German form of the military self presentation is that Large tap caper - a military ceremony to completely special national or military causes, provided with musical and religious elements. Altogether the military ceremony is that due to newer German history compared with other armed forces strongly reduces and stresses simply held. The large tap caper particularly serves as link between armed forces and civilians; after earnings/services of the armed forces with the Oderhochwasser for example it should take place in the former disaster area, however - against the will of the concerning and the soldiers - by the policy was prevented. In contrast to it the large tap caper was also, arranged for example in Berlin, by the political guidance, in order to demonstrate strength in relation to the civilian administration and to put soldiers forward in the conflict between city Berlin and Federal Government at that time.

Contentwise-functional meaning

  1. Military ritual as state ritual: The meaning as demonstration as Verkoeperung of the ability for the penetration of German safety interests, above all protection of Germany and its citizen from outside danger and political extortion and vorbeugung, containment and completion of crises and conflicts, of Germany the soundness and stability to affect can are a substantial characteristic of military ceremonies.
  2. military ceremonies donate community. Since soldiers more than other occupational groups are in case of emergency demanded (how "apart from v-case (defense) also international missions and the k-case (disaster such as Eschede, or flood, Elbe flood) emergency" can mean), a stabilization of the internal co-operation is particularly important. This is misunderstood of outstanding ones frequently as demarcation, which is not desired straight. Tolerance in relation to also unusual preferences and behaviors, as long as these do not stand contrary to valid right, is to be even promoted thereby.
  3. In many military rituals finds Entpolitisierung of politics by symbolization instead of. Instead the symbols themselves are politisiert. On a political level becomes very much over , groups and movements. Their action forms again train in different measure protest rituals, which in the parts of the movement not when painful contradiction will experience, which want to express rather military criticism as ritual criticism.

    Since the end of the Cold war became the order that the politically far beyond basiclegal order for defense expanded - without the GG would have been changed accordingly. "salami tactics" ( to Bendlerblock, the seat of the Ministry of Defense instead of. The continuous protests of antimiliatiristischer and pazifistischer groups lead year by year to the fact that this meeting only behind strictest shut-off positions through and Field hunter to take place can and their requirement up do not become fair. It almost came nevertheless each year also within the military restricted area to disturbances of the ritual by actions of smaller and larger groups.

    see also: , Prozession,

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