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 which asserts persistence. With critical reference to theoretical arguments on the ''second modern era'', the author develops a dynamic milieu construct which incorporates two ideal-typical models which may be characterized as ''supporting structures'' and ''threshold spaces''. Through 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'' social-spacial milieus which form. a bridge between globalization and localism on which new types of reembedding are being tested.