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Der neue Kulturkampf
Identitätspolitik, Cancel Culture und Wokeness – was an den Universitäten seinen Ausgang nahm, beeinflusst mittlerweile nicht nur Medien, Kultureinrichtungen und Bildungsinstitutionen, sondern ist auch in der Politik und Wirtschaft angekommen. Angetreten, um gegen Rassismus und Diskriminierung zu kämpfen und sich für Demokratie und Zusammenhalt einzusetzen, bewirkt eine woke Linke das genaue Gegenteil. Mit Sprachregelungen, der Tabuisierung gesellschaftlicher Missstände vor allem im Bereich der Migration oder der Reduzierung der Wissenschaft auf eine Erfüllungsgehilfin der Politik verhindert sie eine offene demokratische Auseinandersetzung. Susanne Schröter, oft genug selbst Ziel woker Angriffe, analysiert die Ideologie der woken Linken und beschreibt, wie diese versucht, in zentralen Bereichen der Gesellschaft die Deutungshoheit zu erobern.
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Published February 12, 2024
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March 28, 2024
Aaaaarrrrrghhhhh...this book illustrates everything that is wrong with the current discourse, but not by dissecting it, but by contributing to the problem: Schröter is correct that some people in woke culture are just in it for the narcissistic satisfaction and/or personal gain, not the greater good, but AT THE SAME TIME, many ideas that the woke wave turned mainstream are important when you want a just society for all. I am in awe of the cognitive dissonance of an ethnology professor who demands more tolerance for ambiguity (and I agree!), but then declares woke ideas and intersectional feminism to be all-around nonsense, no nuance, no nothing. Beats me!
Logic is also not a strength of this pamphlet, sometimes the sentences contradict themselves blatantly, or the interpretation of facts is biased or plain wrong. E.g., in indigenous societies, gender-fluidity and third genders are common (true), which then is declared a method of forced assignment. I mean, I'm not an ethnologist, but I even I know that's false (see Jonny Appleseed). We also get the usual "but gender-sensitive language is ruining German!" (because German is apparently not a living language) as well as "I won't be forced to use gender-sensitive-language, so it should be forbidden to use it for everybody!" (how can you not see the absurdity? how??), and ahhh, the old classic "the trans movement wants to erase women and denies that sex is real" (which is probably why many trans people take hormones, because they deny that biology is real...*facepalm*). Also, the whataboutism is real, and per usual, it leads nowhere.
What really upsets me though is that Schröter also makes many valid points, for instance regarding the rise of antisemitism, the tendency to not talk about problems to avoid difficult debates, the attempt to fight scientific facts with language, or the fact that extreme identity politics atomizes society instead of building solidarity across differences, based on common values. It's true, but if you want to really start a conversation about these things, maybe don't attack the other side by generally declaring that they are all nuts and, in some parts, that the problems they adress do not exist, because unfortunately, most of them do.
Listen, I'm not an optimist, but I refuse to believe that we can't do better than this. Let's honestly talk about problems, let's empathize with other points of view, let's also go where it hurts - respectfully.
If you want to hear an excellent analysis of the current crisis of wokeness, listen to Alex Prinz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh6QX...
Logic is also not a strength of this pamphlet, sometimes the sentences contradict themselves blatantly, or the interpretation of facts is biased or plain wrong. E.g., in indigenous societies, gender-fluidity and third genders are common (true), which then is declared a method of forced assignment. I mean, I'm not an ethnologist, but I even I know that's false (see Jonny Appleseed). We also get the usual "but gender-sensitive language is ruining German!" (because German is apparently not a living language) as well as "I won't be forced to use gender-sensitive-language, so it should be forbidden to use it for everybody!" (how can you not see the absurdity? how??), and ahhh, the old classic "the trans movement wants to erase women and denies that sex is real" (which is probably why many trans people take hormones, because they deny that biology is real...*facepalm*). Also, the whataboutism is real, and per usual, it leads nowhere.
What really upsets me though is that Schröter also makes many valid points, for instance regarding the rise of antisemitism, the tendency to not talk about problems to avoid difficult debates, the attempt to fight scientific facts with language, or the fact that extreme identity politics atomizes society instead of building solidarity across differences, based on common values. It's true, but if you want to really start a conversation about these things, maybe don't attack the other side by generally declaring that they are all nuts and, in some parts, that the problems they adress do not exist, because unfortunately, most of them do.
Listen, I'm not an optimist, but I refuse to believe that we can't do better than this. Let's honestly talk about problems, let's empathize with other points of view, let's also go where it hurts - respectfully.
If you want to hear an excellent analysis of the current crisis of wokeness, listen to Alex Prinz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh6QX...
April 22, 2025
Eine kluge Streitschrift
Über so genannte Wokeness.
Über daraus resultierende gesellschaftliche, kulturelle, politische Unwuchten.
Über die exklusive und exkludierende, interessengeleitete Ausdeutung der Realität auf der Grundlage absolut gesetzter, nicht verhandelbarer Ansichten, Einstellungen und Werthaltungen.
Über die aggressive Verengung des Erkenntnisraums.
Über Einschüchterung.
Über Borniertheit.
Über Brutalität.
Über Arroganz.
Über Religionsblödigkeit.
Über Menschenverachtung.
Über Macht.
Susanne Schröter ist streitbar.
Ohne Schaum vor dem Mund.
Informiert.
Konsequent.
Humanistisch.
Über so genannte Wokeness.
Über daraus resultierende gesellschaftliche, kulturelle, politische Unwuchten.
Über die exklusive und exkludierende, interessengeleitete Ausdeutung der Realität auf der Grundlage absolut gesetzter, nicht verhandelbarer Ansichten, Einstellungen und Werthaltungen.
Über die aggressive Verengung des Erkenntnisraums.
Über Einschüchterung.
Über Borniertheit.
Über Brutalität.
Über Arroganz.
Über Religionsblödigkeit.
Über Menschenverachtung.
Über Macht.
Susanne Schröter ist streitbar.
Ohne Schaum vor dem Mund.
Informiert.
Konsequent.
Humanistisch.
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