LIAS Focus Week: Workshop: Ideology – Propaganda – Fascism
Discussion on analyses of how right-wing propaganda works
16. Jan
This event is open to everyone interested!
Thursday, January 16th 2025, 12am–4pm
Place: Leuphana University Lüneburg | C40.601
Language: German, Englisch
Workshop organised by Alex Demirović (LIAS senior fellow)
Participation by prior registration at lias.event@leuphana.de. Texts to be read will be sent after registration.
In critical analyses the historical fascism was defined as a praxis of propaganda and violence. In the light of the German experience and under the impression of the US-American right and the spread of antisemitism, remarkable research on the agitator was done by Siegfried Kracauer, Theodor W. Adorno, Leo Löwenthal. Today very often it is emphasised how active the right is on social media: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), Telegram-channels. The workshop intends to discuss the older studies in a comparative sense and to make use of its insights for an assessment of current authoritarian practices.
The following (german) interview Alex Demirović gave “Neues Deutschland” is useful as preparation for the topic of the workshop:
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