Deutsches Demokratisches Reich. Wie die extreme Rechte Geschichte und Demokratie zerstört

In the organizer's words:

In his latest book, Volker Weiß offers an in-depth and historically sound diagnosis of the AfD and the far right. He shows how the extreme right is driven by the goal of overcoming Western liberalism and imposing an alternative interpretation of history. With a detailed analysis of right-wing counter-narratives, the speaker dissects the new right-wing scene. The extreme right speaks of an intellectual civil war raging in Germany - and which it is simultaneously fueling. This battle is about nothing less than the sovereignty of interpretation over history and the present in order to detach Germany from the West. The contradictory, glorifying and often shrill historical constructions of the extreme right point to one goal: a "German Democratic Reich" as a synthesis of the authoritarian systems of Germany's past.

Volker Weiß analyzes these new methods of cultural warfare, particularly in the fields of history and geopolitics. Against the backdrop of this year's Bundestag elections, the historian shows the current development of new right-wing thinking. The most important currents and actors are examined, with the author broadening his view to include comparable actions by right-wing milieus in Russia and the USA.
Volker Weiß is a historian who worked for many years as a specialist author for DIE ZEIT and ZEIT Geschichte, Jungle World, Frankfurter Rundschau, FAZ, taz, Spiegel Online and now writes for SZ. He has been observing the development of the new right-wing scene for years. His book "Die autoritäre Revolte. Die neue Rechte und der Untergang des Abendlandes" is considered a standard work on the subject and was nominated for the 2017 Leipzig Book Fair Prize.