I moved to the United States from Israel, where war is weaved into the fabric of civic life, where it affects political structures and partisan positions, businesses, schools, and private life. At that time, the second intifada was raging, a time of active hostilities, and I was looking forward to a …
civic education
the empty demand for solidarity
In his novel “The Age of the Fish,” first published in 1937, Ödön von Horváth describes how the students in a school class ally against their teacher and try to have him replaced. The trigger for this resistance by the students was a reprimand from the teacher that seemed unjust and unacceptable to …
editorial: civic education after trump
The rise of right-wing populist movements across Europe and the world, and the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, are perceived as a massive crisis of liberal democracy. The label `Trump´ has since then symbolised a widespread perplexity and confusion that pervades …