Montagsvorträge: Prof. Volker Depkat, "Von der Moralisierung der Politik und dem Verfall des demokratischen Konsenses: Überlegungen zum Zustand der Demokratie in den USA."

In the organizer's words:

Prof. Volker Depkat, University of Regensburg: "On the moralization of politics and the decline of democratic consensus: Reflections on the state of democracy in the USA."
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Donald Trump's presidency is not the cause, but a symptom of a crisis in American democracy, which is rooted in the erosion of the democratic consensus. If this development, which began in the 1970s, made Donald Trump possible in the first place, his presidency is contributing to the further deepening of the crisis of American democracy. But is this the end of democracy in the USA, or can a free society like America's still repair it?
Volker Depkat is a historian and Professor of American Studies at the University of Regensburg. In 1996, he was honored by the University of Göttingen with a thesis on "Images of America in Political Discourse. Deutsche Zeitschriften, 1789 bis 1830", which was awarded the sponsorship prize of the city of Krefeld and the German-American Council. In 2003, he habilitated in Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Greifswald. His main areas of research include the history of the USA from its colonial beginnings to the present day from a continental, hemispheric and transatlantic perspective, the history of European-American relations, biography and autobiography research, visual culture studies and comparative federalism research. His short history of the American Revolution was published this year by Beck-Verlag.
An event organized by Villa Merländer e.V., here in cooperation with Salon Goethe, Goethestrasse 62, 47799 Krefeld.
Photo: @Christoph Gabler, Regensburg
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