Andreas Speit: "Rechtsruck und antimoderne Reflexe"

The affinity of anti-modernism to völkisch nationalism is not a new phenomenon, but it is hardly discussed today. The mass protests of lateral thinkers, Reichsbewegten and right-wing extremists seem to be over. However, the social class with anti-modern ideas that feeds off them is growing, and has also become younger and more feminized - not only in Germany, but throughout Europe. The radical nature of their attitudes does not just begin with plans to storm the Bundestag or sabotage the electricity grid. It begins with the questioning of reality and the rejection of the rule of law and ends with the delegitimization of democracy. Andreas Speit describes how anti-modern reflexes are taking hold of broad sections of society and moving them ever further to the right.

Andreas Speit is an author and journalist. He writes for the taz and Die Zeit, among others. He is also a speaker at the federal and state centers for political education, the German Trade Union Confederation, the Friedrich Ebert and Heinrich Böll Foundations and the Media Academy of ARD and ZDF. He regularly publishes on right-wing and nationalist tendencies, identitarian networks and the Reichsbürger scene.

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