Germany, Israel, and staatsräson (part one) w/ Bue Rübner Hansen
Added 2024-08-06 05:34:01 +0000 UTCBue Rübner Hansen joins PTO to talk about his recent essay The New German Chauvinism. In the first part of our conversation we discussed the history of the German-Israeli alliance and how its emergence was far more complicated than is commonly supposed. We discussed the contrasting attitudes to Israel amongst the German public and the political and media class and big business. And we went on to discuss the distinct memory culture around the crimes of Nazism and the Holocaust, that emerged in West Germany during the Cold War and how elements of that culture fostered a political climate in Germany that is, at best, deaf to the suffering of the Palestinians. We also talked about the emergence of the Anti-German current within the German left and how its suspicion of the German working class stemmed from the obliteration of the history of working class opposition to the Nazis.
Read Bue's two part essay here:
https://lefteast.org/the-new-german-chauvinism-part-i/
https://lefteast.org/the-new-german-chauvinism-part-ii/
Comments
When is part two of this coming?
Audun MB
2024-09-16 14:03:25 +0000 UTCEnjoyed the pod - will look forward to the followup. Fellow listeners might like episodes 52/53 of the Spaßbremse pod which covers similar ground with a slightly different historical and ethnic focus.
chris e
2024-08-08 18:53:09 +0000 UTCah ok thanks for the heads up. Will contact them.
Politics Theory Other
2024-08-07 10:58:43 +0000 UTCYes. The lefteast site.
chris e
2024-08-07 10:56:22 +0000 UTCHi Chris, which website? Lefteast?
Politics Theory Other
2024-08-07 10:51:53 +0000 UTCYou might want to reach out to the owners of that website - it seems to send spam/scam style notifications.
chris e
2024-08-07 10:46:37 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this one! Thanks Alex. Glad there’s going to be a part two.
Gabriel Flynn
2024-08-06 23:11:39 +0000 UTC
