Donald Trump at the NATO summit, Matteo Salvini, on the situation of refugees in Italy: simplifications and excesses of the political discourse are not a new development, says cultural scholar Joseph Vogl.
Deutsche Welle: Professor Vogl, you have the impression that the sound has tightened up in German politics in the last few years?
Joseph Vogl: Not necessarily, but the resentment has become the most important political resource, the man gestures with rabid hostility explanations, Discrimination, and the Recycling of racial purity commandments exploits. Out low set costume is now between Rome and Munich – with the realistic hope that voters favor connected: store the announcement of the Deportation, whether it be cheering on failure to render assistance on the high seas.
What is it in your opinion?
Already since the end of the eighties, the so-called Christian parties in Germany have a choice to fight with the “alien”theme. Also, since it came to pure power. Then Rostock-lichtenhagen, the tightening of the asylum-paragraphs, the murders of Solingen followed. So there is a long-rehearsed Routine. The mass of experiments in the current competition and competitive companies. With the atomistic disintegration of social milieus, they are prone to the mobilization of political malice. And maybe you must also add a padded middle layer, which has anesthetized or indolent to the realities on the periphery or in social disgust zones.
On the other hand, many citizens miss the direct confrontation in politics, it will to be cuddled a lot, “” too little “Turkey talk”. Politicians hide nowadays, more behind the words than in the past?
No. However, the lines of conflict have changed. It went on for two, three decades to the fight for emancipation, for social balance and the increase of democratic Rights, is now with his back to the wall and defended stocks are dwindling. In addition, new forces have become overpowering. The long-overdue turn against the dictates of the financial regime has only Faint and surrender gestures.
Italy’s interior Minister Matteo Salvini (left) and Horst Seehofer in Innsbruck to discussions concerning the return of refugees
What is the role of the big TV talk shows to play in your opinion in the political debate?
A desastöse. Vultures moderators distribute with opinions and moods, sentiments, and opinions. Affect conjunctures will be answered with the amplification of the Affect of the economy. This is highly paid political pornography and journalistic disinformation.
You are of the opinion that the number should be reduced to political talk shows on German TV?
To get rid of.
Joseph Vogl complained to the opinion-making in the media
You spontaneously a country or a society, of the culture of the German policy could cut off a slice?
Perhaps Portugal. The Racial and xenophobic come to about 0.5 of the votes, and the current government is doing discreetly, silently and successfully the austerity dictates of the EU undone. And the so-called culture of debate could have a significant win, one would not only strengthen the radical right-wing Gepöbel, the government was able, on all channels acoustically.
Prof. Dr. Joseph Vogl is Professor for modern German literature and cultural studies in conjunction with the media at the Humboldt-University of Berlin. In his books he deals with the history and theory of knowledge, among other things, the example of financial capitalism.
The Interview was conducted by Philipp Jedicke.