Reading with Volker Weiss - "The German Democratic Reich - How the Extreme Right Destroys History and Democracy"

Description

In his highly topical book, Volker Weiß provides a profound and historically grounded diagnosis of the AfD and the extreme right. Insightfully, he reveals how the extreme right is driven by the goal to overcome Western liberalism and to impose an alternative interpretation of history. With new impressive details and an analysis of right-wing counter-narratives, the author dissects the neo-right scene. The extreme right speaks of an intellectual civil war raging in Germany – and at the same time fueling it. This struggle is about nothing less than the sovereignty over history and the present, about detaching Germany from the West. The contradictory, glorifying, and often shrill historical constructions of the extreme right point to a goal: a "German Democratic Reich" as a synthesis of the authoritarian systems of Germany's past. With his book, Volker Weiß builds on his bestseller "The Authoritarian Revolt" and analyzes these new methods of cultural warfare, especially in the fields of history and geopolitics. Timely for the upcoming federal election, the historian shows the current development of new right-wing thinking. The main currents and actors are examined here, and the author repeatedly broadens the view to comparable actions of right-wing milieus in Russia and the USA. A clever yet ruthless portrayal of the strategic reinterpretation of our history and the targeted destruction of democratic values by the extreme right.

Highlights

• Reading with Volker Weiß
• Topic: The extreme right and its portrayal of history
• Location: Bürgerhaus Neuer Markt, Bühl

General Information

Volker Weiß presents his new book about the extreme right and its influence on the portrayal of history in Germany. The event takes place at Bürgerhaus Neuer Markt in Bühl and offers a profound analysis of current political currents.

Location

Europaplatz, 77815 Bühl, Germany

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