Lecture: When does a democracy fail?
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Vortrag: Wann scheitert eine Demokratie? Im Rahmen der Karlsruher Wochen gegen Rassismus 2019 in Kooperation mit Catherine Devaux, Leiterin Amnesty International Karlsruhe
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place:
Amnesty International Karlsruhe, Waldstr. 24
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22.3.2019
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Referent:
Prof. Dr. Rolf-Ulrich Kunze
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Zeit:
18.00
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Lecture with discussion: When does a democracy fail?
Lecture with discussion on the significance of the experience and processing of loss of democracy in 20th century German history for the current threat of historical revisionist right-wing populism.
In right-wing populist times, contemporary historians are often asked about the comparability of the failure of the Weimar Republic from 1930 onward with the right-wing populist and right-wing extremist challenge to the free democratic basic order. The answer cannot be given in a sentence and a half, it is uncomfortable, and it does not offer a reassuring master explanation for the present. At best, it puts up for discussion some criteria of historical experience, what can constitute a democracy in the constitutional and legal state, and why the greatest danger of a democracy lies in political deals with its enemies.
There is a follow-up event on 24.03 at the Kinemathek.
Lecture When does a democracy fail? Amnesty International Karlsruhe, 22.3.2019
