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Audio Archive Podcast â Go against the Grain is a long-term journalistic project and digital archive for conversations, interviews, reports, and essays on politics, society, and culture. Two to four new podcast episodes are released each month.Â
For more than three decades, we have been conducting interviews with philosophers, authors, activists, and scientists worldwide. Our interviewees explain the complex developments of our time and place them in an easily understandable and contemporary context within the global framework.Â
The Audio Archive Podcasts focus neither on mass media uniformity nor on unreflective pack journalism, but on differentiating insights: enlightening, knowledgeable and free from economic interests.Â
All Audio Archive podcasts are free. No revenue is generated through advertising. No AI support.
More details about the project, background informations, articles, video shorts, essays and more you'll find on our webpage www.audio-archiv.com
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Sep 5, 2025
Sep 5, 2025
31 min
đ Stefan Fuchs (Wissenschaftsjournalist) im GesprĂ€ch mit Detlev Claussen (geb. 1948). Detlev Claussen war bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2011 Professor fĂŒr Gesellschaftstheorie, Kultur- und Wissenssoziologie an der Leibniz UniversitĂ€t Hannover. Schwerpunkte seiner Arbeit waren unter anderem Antisemitismus, Rassismus und Nationalismus. In diesem GesprĂ€ch beschreibt Detlev Claussen den Kulturkampf der demokratischen Gesellschaften in Europa. Insbesondere in Deutschland ist die demokratische Vielfalt und DiversitĂ€t unter den Beschuss insbesonderer rechter Parteien und Bewegungen geraten. So die rechtsradikale AFD, die homophobe und auf LĂŒgen gestĂŒtzte Strategien unterschiedslos von Donald Trump und Vladimir Putin kopiert, und damit WortfĂŒhrer dieses demokratiefeindlichen Kulturkampfes ist. Detlv Claussen verortet die Ursachen jedoch weit vor der GrĂŒndung der AFD oder anderer rechtsradikaler Parteien in Europa.
/đ Stefan Fuchs (science journalist) in conversation with Detlev Claussen (born 1948). Until his retirement in 2011, Detlev Claussen was Professor of Social Theory, Cultural Sociology and Sociology of Knowledge at Leibniz University Hannover. His work focused on anti-Semitism, racism and nationalism, among other topics. In this conversation, Detlev Claussen describes the culture war being waged by democratic societies in Europe. In Germany in particular, democratic pluralism and diversity have come under attack, especially from right-wing parties and movements. The right-wing extremist AFD, for example, which indiscriminately copies homophobic and lie-based strategies from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, is currently the spokesperson for this anti-democratic culture war. However, Detlev Claussen locates the causes far before the founding of the AFD or other right-wing extremist parties in Europe.
/đ Stefan Fuchs (journaliste scientifique) s'entretient avec Detlev Claussen (nĂ© en 1948). Jusqu'Ă sa retraite en 2011, Detlev Claussen Ă©tait professeur de thĂ©orie sociale, de sociologie de la culture et des sciences Ă l'universitĂ© Leibniz de Hanovre. Ses travaux portaient notamment sur l'antisĂ©mitisme, le racisme et le nationalisme. Dans cet entretien, Detlev Claussen dĂ©crit le combat culturel menĂ© par les sociĂ©tĂ©s dĂ©mocratiques en Europe. En Allemagne notamment, la diversitĂ© dĂ©mocratique est particuliĂšrement attaquĂ©e par certains partis et mouvements d'extrĂȘme droite. L'AFD, parti d'extrĂȘme droite qui copie sans discernement les stratĂ©gies homophobes et mensongĂšres de Donald Trump et Vladimir Poutine, est actuellement le porte-parole de cette lutte culturelle antidĂ©mocratique. Detlev Claussen situe toutefois les causes bien avant la crĂ©ation de l'AFD ou d'autres partis d'extrĂȘme droite en Europe.
đ Veröffentlichungen u.a. / publications a.o. / Publications, entre autres:
- Detlev Claussen: "Grenzen der AufklÀrung. Die gesellschaftliche Genese des modernen Antisemitismus. Frankfurt a.M. 1987.
- Detlev Claussen: "Theodor W. Adorno. Ein letztes Genie." Frankfurt a.M. 2003
- Detlev Claussen: "Béla Guttmann. Weltgeschichte des Fussballs in einer Person." Berlin 2006.
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