12. NOVEMBER 2023 Der israelische Einmarsch in Gaza ist ein weiterer Beweis dafür, daß die Geschichte kein Ende kennt und daß die Grenze zwischen Freund und Feind immer wieder neu gezogen werden muß. Nach dem israelischen Angriff auf Gaza muß nicht nur das Gründungsjahr des Staates Israel überdacht werden, sondern die gesamte antifaschistische Geschichte nach dem […]
The hero Cadmus and his wife the goddess Harmonia turned into a snake. Illustration for Ovid’s Metamorphoses 1619. The Israeli invasion of Gaza is yet another proof that history knows no end and that the line between friend and foe always needs to be redrawn anew. Following the Israeli incursion in Gaza, not only the […]
Below is a short compilation of excerpts from my book, first published almost two decades ago, and republished by Arktos media in 2017. In light of the new geopolitical realignments and continuing political tremor in the Mideast it may be worth looking again at some underlying aspects of US foreign policy. America’s unconditional support of […]
Whenever an article appears in the mainstream media dealing with Croatia or Germany in World War II, the reader must be prepared for a deluge of surreal stories about the past Fascist epoch in general. Even Virgil’s Aeneid or Homer’s Odysseus visit to Hades pales in comparison with netherworld tales of modern court historians. Croatia […]
We all use mythical language, although we seldom admit it. In contrast to concepts which are the hallmarks of modern discourse, myths are based on images and symbolic forms of speech. In the mythmaking narrative images change and vary over historical time and place although their driving force remains constant in the identity building process […]
