CULTURE
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Westsplaining versus eastsplaining | Eurozine
Westsplaining emerged in the 1990s but gained visibility when Russia escalated its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Political scientists…
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Battle for the middle ground
European elections in the Nordic countries, especially the three EU member states – Denmark, Finland and Sweden – are often…
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Another ‘New Great Game’? | Eurozine
As Russia presses on with its brutal invasion of Ukraine and the EU wrestles with an energy crisis, the European…
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Goetz on ageing | Eurozine
Does antisemitism have roots in Islam? In the 900th edition of Merkur, Manfred Sing looks at the historical evidence and…
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The end of shame? | Eurozine
Shame has long been used to punish, silence, and maintain the status quo. But now, seven years #MeToo, it is…
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The Moscow connection | Eurozine
Kaja Puto: Where does the German left’s sympathy for Russia come from? Reinhard Bingener: In Germany, we have four leftwing…
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Back to square one | Eurozine
When intellectuals and politicians start talking obsessively about their country’s great ‘originality’, ‘special path’ and a ‘unique mission in the…
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No longer a footnote | Eurozine
In the early days of March 2022, as Russian troops were approaching the outskirts of Kyiv, international media were focused…
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Tearing down Fortress Europe | Eurozine
Migration is one of today’s most powerful, and most entrenched, imaginaries. The word conjures up images of walls, borders, police,…
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Forerunners of the free market
In economic terms, state socialism is usually associated with the monopoly of an authoritarian state over core elements of the…
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