The old white man
Scapegoat of the nation
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How did the "old white man" become public enemy number one?
A pointed analysis of a fighting term in the cultural civil war.
A fireworks display of brilliant arguments against collective bashing and for the values of the Western world.
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For the evils of this world, the current debate primarily identifies one culprit: the old white man. He stands for colonialism, racism, and sexism, and is held responsible for global poverty, environmental destruction, and of course, climate change. But how did he become the scapegoat, and what lies behind this collective attribution of guilt? Norbert Bolz analyzes the term and shows that the old white man has become the central symbolic figure in a cultural civil war. "Old" represents tradition and experience, "white" represents European rationality and technological control over nature, and "male" represents courage, risk, and self-assertion. It becomes clear that in this increasingly ruthless conflict, it is not about those being reviled, but about the foundations of the Western world.
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Manufacturer / Responsible Person:
Langen Müller Verlag GmbH, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 11, 80539, Munich, Germany, info@langenmueller.de
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No information on accessibility known
Manufacturer / Responsible Person:
Langen Müller Verlag GmbH, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 11, 80539, Munich, Germany, info@langenmueller.de
EAN / ISBN
9783784484457
Art Nr.
08445
Seitenzahl
224
Produktart
EPUB
Erscheinungstag
17.02.2023

The old white man
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