Why Europe Still Misreads America
Why Germans fear American religion, and what this reveals about Europe.
Andreas Paul John
· 6 min read
Germany
A collection of 15 posts
An Evening in Neukölln
On 10 May, US historian Jeffrey Herf spoke at a small café in Berlin established to discuss antisemitism and the Western Left’s growing hostility to the state of Israel.
Jeffrey Herf
· 10 min read
Have We Forgotten Weimar?
This is not the first time Germany has resorted to censorship in the mistaken belief that the state can contain dangerous ideas. The last time they tried this, it facilitated the rise of the Nazis.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 12 min read
German Democracy’s Uncertain Future
Friedrich Merz must take the concerns of ordinary citizens seriously—particularly on immigration and Islam. He must prove that such concerns can be addressed without veering into extremism.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 9 min read
Were the Nazis Left-Wing?
The parallels between Nazism and communism complicate the standard left–right divide.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 10 min read
The Hard and Soft New Right
In Central and Eastern Europe, the more extreme wing of the continent’s radical Right is gaining ground.
John Lloyd
· 12 min read
Fragile Europe, On Its Own
European leaders are struggling to cope with the multiple crises now facing the beleaguered continent.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Anti-Zionism’s German Roots
While Islam traditionally treated Jews with contempt, antisemitic conspiracy theories imported from Germany escalated this animosity by vilifying Jews as agents of diabolical evil.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read
When Germany Waged War on Itself
In a forthcoming book, Lyndal Roper argues that the German Peasants’ War of 1524–25 was a missed opportunity to enshrine a Christian theology centred on equality and brotherhood.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
Podcast #250: Israel: Germany’s Reason of State
Iona Italia talks to Gerfried Ambrosch about pro-Israel feeling on the German Left, antisemitism among Muslim immigrants and why Israel’s safety is “Germany’s reason of state.”
Quillette, Iona Italia
· 27 min read
The German Left’s Jewish Dilemma
Many German leftists, mindful of the country’s past, still support Israel. But they risk being outnumbered by antisemitic Muslim immigrants and by decolonialist radicals.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read
Narratives, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Government data about German antisemitism, widely cited in the English-language press, is wrong.
Andrew Hammel
· 12 min read
Can the Revolution in German Foreign Policy Last?
During the fierce debate over the Iraq war, the German political scientist Karl Kaiser said, “Europeans have done something that no one has ever done before: create a zone of peace where war is ruled out, absolutely out.” And, he added, “Europeans are convinced that this model is valid for
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Remembering Berlin’s Post-Communist Art Colony—Before It Became ‘Kitsch for the Rich’
The Berlin winter sky is orange one evening as we turn off Oranienburger Strasse into Tacheles courtyard, where a Trabant is planted nose-first in the sand, a laconic memorial to a lifestyle that no longer exists.
Ulrich Gutmair
· 12 min read
The Cold War’s Morbid Sage: Theodor W. Adorno and the Philosophy of 'Post-Existence'
Adorno was smuggling a work of social analysis full of difficult philosophical references into his readers’ reach by disguising it as literature.
Philipp Felsch
· 10 min read