Carlo Strenger
Carlo Strenger was a philosopher and psychoanalyst, professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Tel Aviv University and chair of clinical psychology. The author of six previous books was an internationally renowned commentator on Israeli affairs, writing primarily for Haaretz, Israel’s leading liberal newspaper, but also for Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Guardian, Huffington Post, The New York Times and Foreign Policy.
Carlo Strenger was a philosopher and psychoanalyst, professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Tel Aviv University and chair of clinical psychology. The author of six previous books was an internationally renowned commentator on Israeli affairs, writing primarily for Haaretz, Israel’s leading liberal newspaper, but also for Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Guardian, Huffington Post, The New York Times and Foreign Policy.
PUBLICATIONS
Those Damned Liberal Elites
In the debate on the rise of nationalistic and anti-liberal parties, an ancient ghost has reappeared – the ghost of liberal cosmopolitans: well-educated, internationally connected scientists, journalists or politicians who assure each other of their moral superiority. The rift between cosmopolitans and patriotic communitarians is considered one of the central conflicts of our...
Civilized Disdain
Civilized Disdain is conceived as a pamphlet in the 19th century tradition: a short treatise of political philosophy with a polemical thesis: The Western Left has...
Russia (Büro Moskau der Friedrich Naumann Stiftung), France (Belfond), Netherlands (Klement), Denmark (Gyldendal), Czech Republic (Adora)
Israel
Why is Israel, a country with a population of less than eight million people, in the world’s headlines almost every day? Why does it evoke such polarized emotions? And why have Israel’s policies, for decades, ostensibly prevented any movement towards a peace settlement with the Arab world?
In Israel,...