Nostalgia and right-wing extremist narratives in Saxony-Anhalt
Interview excerpt about the success of the AfD and the role of new right actors in Saxony-Anhalt
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Discussion about the success of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, the use of nostalgia, right-wing extremist narratives and the role of the new right editor Götz Kubitschek in Schnellroda.
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Why It Matters
The AfD achieves high poll numbers in Saxony-Anhalt. New right-wing actors like Götz Kubitschek operate from Schnellroda.
Berlin. Mr. Knaus, the AfD is almost unassailable in Saxony-Anhalt. It romanticizes a past that was first characterized by dictatorship and then by mass unemployment. Why is playing with nostalgia so successful?
The AfD today offers a grand narrative about the betrayal of the elites, the impending death of the people and the necessary radical system change. Right-wing extremist thinkers have paved the way for this over the past 15 years. Identitarians developed narratives in order to be able to wage the “war for minds”. The new right-wing editor Götz Kubitschek built the infrastructure for this culture war - in Schnellroda, Saxony-Anhalt.
Open Questions
- What counter-strategies are democratic parties planning?
- How does local civil society react?
