Tag: Europe

Articles tagged with europe

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Paul Hockenos

Lucky to Live in Berlin

Germany's low death rate and quick payout of relief to workers makes a case for social democracy as preparedness.

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Holly Case

László Krasznahorkai’s Catastrophic Harmonies

The winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature serves up an apocalyptic vision of Hungarian society.

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Paul Hockenos

Zero Hour: The First Days of New Berlin

30 years after the Wall, the story of Berlin's anarchist utopia.

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Yuliya Komska

Fascism in Translation

Far-right leaders often call for one nation united under one language. At the same time, they have always been good at using translation to spread their politics.

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Anthony Paletta

Was Architecture Better Under Socialism?

Yugoslavia produced a thrilling variety of buildings—frequently departing from the prefabricated monotony of the Eastern Bloc.

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David R. K. Adler

Jews in Britain Are Not Facing an Existential Threat

But it is increasingly difficult to question Israel’s policies without accusations of anti-Semitism.

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Nancy Scheper-Hughes

The Conversion of Pope Francis

The pontiff still hasn't commented on Ireland's abortion referendum. That could all change when he visits the country in August. 

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Carlos Fraenkel

Is Germany’s New Anti-Semitism Really New?

The focus on Muslim anti-Semitism obscures the real quandary of multiculturalism in Angela Merkel’s Germany.

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Marta Figlerowicz

The Disillusionment of Post-Soviet Europe

To understand why Europe seems more balkanized now than ever, we must look to Eastern Europe's failed reconstruction.

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J. W. Mason

Austerity by Design

Yanis Varoufakis's lessons for reasserting European social democracy.

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