tekst-Lesung & Gespräch: Mark Terkessidis - Gewalt am Denken. Wann beginnt Faschismus?

In the organizer's words:

Fascism is on everyone's lips. However, fascists are always just the others: Even the most authoritarian governments claim they are fighting fascism. But what exactly is fascism? What does it start with? With governments that create insecurity themselves, which they then combat with authoritarian measures? Or with a pervasive sense of threat? Many long for a world in which there were clear boundaries and roles. Others call for a world in which all danger is averted through correct speech and correct consumption. It is almost impossible to distinguish egocentrism from genuine concerns and the effect seems more important than the truth. Foresight, planning, the future, reasoning, knowledge - that was yesterday. When does fascism begin?

Mark Terkessidis asks about the preconditions for fascism. He shows how the awakenings of the 1960s got stuck in half-hearted reforms and why the reaction is radical nostalgia. He describes a new political continuum in which the endangered community is at the center - even among the so-called progressive forces.

Mark Terkessidis, born in 1966, is a freelance author and has been working on the New Right in Europe since the 1990s. He has published in daily newspapers, on the radio and in numerous books on migration, racism and memory, and has taught at universities.

[Photo: Andreas Langen]

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Event information

Thu 21.05.2026

19:30 - 22:00

Bremerhaven office

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28568 Bremerhaven

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