Zwischen Erinnerung und Erinnerungsabwehr

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1968 AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR ANTI-SEMITIC MOBILIZATION AFTER OCTOBER 7TH

7 October 2023 unleashed a worldwide anti-Semitic mobilization. What is particularly striking is that this mobilization is not only fed by well-known anti-Israeli milieus, but is also characterized by the denunciation of previously Israel-solidary and anti-Semitic spaces - whether in left-wing movements, at universities or in the cultural scene. The Palestine camps are an expression of this phenomenon, mobilizing a broad spectrum against Israel - from radical feminists to Islamists - against the backdrop of a post-colonial theory that has coagulated into an ideology and identity politics considerations.

The strong reference to the 1968 movement is striking. But is this just protest folklore - or can ideological continuities be identified? And why are liberals and conservatives suddenly defending the '68 movement when it comes to using it as an anti-Zionist student movement?

Lennard Schmidt analyses how the '68 movement is being instrumentalized by various actors today - and what this says about its historical relationship to anti-Semitism. Between remembrance and memory defense, a picture emerges that breaks with the common narratives about 1968.

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