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Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Prof. Dr. Fritz Peter Kirsch ist Romanist und beschäftigt sich v.a. mit den französischsprachigen Literaturen Kanadas.

Polarization in North America

Polarization in North America

We are currently confronted with disconcerting signs of polarization in the societies of many democratic countries of North America and Europe. The attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, is only the tip of the iceberg of such developments. Conflicts are manifest in the relations between the generations and the genders, between ethnic groups in individual countries and between religious denominations, between migrants and the native residents of countries, between the so-called elite and the average citizens, between urban and rural populations.