Author discusses how historical analysis can help understand current mechanisms of radicalization and hate speech.
Historical Perspective on Contemporary Issues
This is a thoroughly historical book, although I wrote it with the awareness that it could also serve as commentary on contemporary events.
Limits of Historical Analysis
Historians are not good analysts of the present, the baggage of historical knowledge often weighs them down too much.
Sociological Insights into Radicalization
The sociological processes described and psychological reactions observed from a safe time distance can help understand current, dangerous mechanisms, in this case related to radicalization or hate speech.