TY - JOUR

T1 - Der Brand hinter der Brandmauer

T2 - Zur politischen Epistemologie der Trampeltiergesellschaft

AU - Koss, Michael

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © MICHAEL KOSS, 2025.

PY - 2025/2

Y1 - 2025/2

N2 - It is not clear what books written by politicians are all about, except for being part of a broader trend of autobiographical writing. In his essay, Michael Koß argues that the reasons politicians give for their policy claims warrant scholarly interest for their books. A close reading of three such books suggests that leading AfD politicians (Alexander Gauland, AliceWeidel, andMaximilian Krah) primarily refer to myths andnaturalise political, social, andeconomic inequalities to justify their incommensurable claims. For wantof better arguments, Gauland, Weidel, and Krah perform the “god trick of seeing everything from nowhere” (Donna Haraway). This is the political epistemology of a party that broke with democratic norms and supports a static and hierarchic society. Democratic parties cannot cooperate with actors such as the AfD that deny giving reasons for their preferences. This is why the politics of anti-pacting with the AfD are justifijied.

AB - It is not clear what books written by politicians are all about, except for being part of a broader trend of autobiographical writing. In his essay, Michael Koß argues that the reasons politicians give for their policy claims warrant scholarly interest for their books. A close reading of three such books suggests that leading AfD politicians (Alexander Gauland, AliceWeidel, andMaximilian Krah) primarily refer to myths andnaturalise political, social, andeconomic inequalities to justify their incommensurable claims. For wantof better arguments, Gauland, Weidel, and Krah perform the “god trick of seeing everything from nowhere” (Donna Haraway). This is the political epistemology of a party that broke with democratic norms and supports a static and hierarchic society. Democratic parties cannot cooperate with actors such as the AfD that deny giving reasons for their preferences. This is why the politics of anti-pacting with the AfD are justifijied.

KW - Politikwissenschaft

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85217071096&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1163/15700739-07701004

DO - 10.1163/15700739-07701004

M3 - Zeitschriftenaufsätze

AN - SCOPUS:85217071096

VL - 77

SP - 27

EP - 44

JO - Zeitschrift fur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte

JF - Zeitschrift fur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte

SN - 0044-3441

IS - 1

ER -