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Category Archives: Maria Brock
Oct 21 2019
Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’
Comments Off on Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’By Maria Brock Awareness of increasing (and increasingly politicised) sentiment against so-called ‘gender ideology’ is spreading, and no longer merely confined to academic and activist circles. Indeed, while her work is considered notoriously inaccessible to those outside academe, Judith Butler, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2019
Tagged with: anti-gender, Children, education, Gender, Heteroactivism, LGBTQ
Nov 28 2017
Germany’s (lack of) self-understanding
Comments Off on Germany’s (lack of) self-understandingBy Maria Brock & Max Hänska One of the most remarkable feats of German post-war history is the way it has made continual efforts to work through its past. Monuments commemorating those killed by the Nazis can be found in … Continue reading
Posted by: November 28, 2017
Tagged with: AFD, Erinnerungskultur, European identity, German Elections 2017, populism
Apr 29 2015
Pussy Riot as a Symptom of Putinism
1 CommentBy Maria Brock Pussy Riot’s recent guest appearance on the third season of US hit show House of Cards demonstrates that the arguably most famous faces of the Russian opposition have not lost their international appeal, especially when facing off … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2015
Tagged with: extreme left wing movements, Pussy Riot, Putin, Russian Orthodox Church
Apr 28 2013
The Implications of Nazi-comparisons in Current European Discourse
1 CommentBy Maria Brock and Rui Lopes* “They’re Germans”, whispers John Cleese, “so don’t mention the war!” Four decades after the classic Fawlty Towers episode first aired, the memory of World War II continues to cloud Germany’s foreign relations, with German … Continue reading
Posted by: April 28, 2013
Tagged with: Blame, Contested, Crisis, discourse, Eurozone crisis, Maria Brock, Nazi comparison, Rui Lopes