Culture Wars: When National Culture Is Viewed as a Threat

Culture Wars: When National Culture Is Viewed as a Threat

“The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt has announced a ‘new patriotic cultural policy’ should it take power. The state’s cultural foundations … warn against a development that fundamentally calls into question the freedom of art, the openness of cultural institutions, and the democratically enshrined culture of remembrance.” Thus begins a joint press release from the major state-funded cultural institutions of Saxony-Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt is the state in whi…