Pol 150 Midterm

German-Jewish Interactions Nationalism

Definition: strong identification of a group of people with a nation Nation: a social-psychological-cultural entity, a community of people, who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, and/or history State: an organized political community living under a government; notion of sovereignty Nation-State: a state coinciding w/ a nation

German-Jewish Interactions Moses Mendelssohn (see Elon)

Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah, the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is indebted.

German-Jewish Interactions Nation and State

Nation: a social-psychological-cultural entity, a community of people, who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, and/or history. State: an organized political community living under a government; notion of sovereignty

American Dream Positive and Negative Liberty

Positive Liberty: Is characterized by a powerful state, with more mechanism to affect a citizen's actions- This can be seen in much of Europe after the French Revolution. Negative Liberty: Is characterized by a weaker state in which the government is more constrained in relation to its citizenry.- This is the model that has largely dominated the U.S. pysche

German-Jewish Interactions Power And Authority and Legitimacy

Power: The ability to influence the behavior of people with or without resistance; the ability to get people to do something they would otherwise not do Authority: the right to control, command, and/or determine Legitimacy: the popular acceptance of a government's or state's authority; the right to govern (as viewed by people, institutions, other states)

Netherlands Dutch elite accommodattionish political norms

-Politics as serious discussion - Consensus, compromise, agreement to disagree -Summit diplomacy - Proportionalit; delegation of discussion to pillars -Depoliticization; "expediency pricniple" -Pragmaitc toerance

German-Jewish Interactions Diaspora

A diaspora returns to its land of origins: formation of the Jewish state of Israel (1948)

German-Jewish Interactions Nation-State

A nation state is a type of state that joins the political entity of a state to the cultural entity of a nation, from which it aims to derive its political legitimacy to rule and potentially its status as a sovereign stat

France Lionel Jospin and French "Dream Team"

A team made up of female Politicians underneath the Jospin government Martine Aubry, Elisabeth Guigou, Catherine Tasca, Dominique Voynet, Marie-George Buffet

France Michel Sardou- "To be A Woman" (Youtube)

And these are still hot issues today, prompting Sardou, for instance, to re-issue his classic "Être une femme" ("To be a woman") in an updated 2010 version, here produced by Jean-Marie Antonini in the YouTube. We leave it to you to judge how this YouTube, with images, lyrics, and music, balances "the feminine woman with allure" with "the woman of ability, assertiveness, and even power." Here are the YouTube and translated lyrics.

France Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who is the President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Before entering politics, he was a senior civil servant and investment banke

Netherlands Jewish and Muslim Experience in the Netherlands

Jewish: -Long-term evolutionary coexistence with mainstream Dutch society -Allowed to flourish, publish -Turned in during WWII I.E Anne Frank -Small community today Muslim: -Immigrated -Problems of unemployment, crime, difficult of integrate into dutch society

German-Jewish Interactions Eisiskes (EIshyshok) (powerpoint music-montage)

Lithuanian city were 3,446 Jews were executed on September 24, 1941

American Dream Procedural rights and Substantive Rights

Procedural Rights: Are those that concern the mechanics of democracy: elections, freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. Substantive Rights: Concern the quality of life of citizens: education, healthcare, and eldercare

France Women and Politics in France

Prominent Role look at the dream team and the impact of parity law.

American Dream Franklin D. Roosevelt and "Economic Bill of Rights"

Proposal in State of the Union Address, January 11 1944 Proposed Rights -Employment, w/ a living wage -Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies -Housing -Medical Care -Education -Social Security -Only lasting result: GI bill

France "Oppressed Majority" (Youtube)

Roles switched in this film to show the exploration of women. Switches back to the wife at the end of the video

Sweden "The European Dream"

Social Justice, Substantive rights, and positive liberty Individual vs Community

Sweden Social Justice

Social justice is the universal European political ideology that signifies that all citizens are entitled to certain social rights to ensure that solidarity, with those rights including universal access to education, healthcare, workers' compensation, as well as parental leave rights (for newborns), and child and elder care.

German-Jewish Interactions The Holocaust

The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish community in Europe.From 1941 to 1945, Germany targeted European Jewry for extermination as part of a larger event that included the persecution and murder of other groups

German-Jewish Interactions German Nationalism

The earliest origins of German nationalism began with the birth of romantic nationalism during the Napoleonic Wars when Pan-Germanism started to rise. Advocacy of a German nation state began to become an important political force in response to the invasion of German territories by France under Napoleon.

Sweden European Corporatism

The relation between Policy parties- state bureaucracy- corporations and businesses and unions + media

American Dream Swank (and 1950's "American Dream)

To display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others. The American Dream and the U.S. on top of the world. -Richest country in the world -Most powerful country in the world -Social-cultural capital of the world -American self-confidence

Netherlands Dutch menu approach to legalized adult pair bonds

Traditional Vs. Emergent While Sweden led the way in addressing nearly all facets of ending discrimination of individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation, it was the Netherlands that first legalized various forms of adult pair-bonds, including same-sex pairbonds. We'll illuminate the Dutch "menu approach" to legalized adult pair-bond relationships

American Dream Ronald Reagan

U.S. President, 1981-89 -Alternative to FDR New Deal -Negative Liberty Thurst -Smaller govt+ lessened taxes+ emphasis on individual responsibility -Assertive foreign policy -Renewed emphasis on "American Exceptionalism" -His presidency prompts an ideological renaissance -of American conservatism

France Yves Duteil- "The language of our Home" (PDF)

Yves Duteil sings "La langue de chez nous" ("The language from our home"), a song that became a hymn of love for the French language and Francophonie in France, Quebec, and throughout the Francophone world. Here are the lyrics translated, followed by the YouTube.

Sweden "The Swedish Model"

"Folkhemmet": "Peoples Home" -Parliamentary legislation+ reformist social corporatism [+ Neutraility] = "Swedish Model" -Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946; Prime Minister, 1932-46) -Replace traditional class society w/ a society stressing equality and mutual understanding; emphasis on citizens wellbeing. -Focus on free education (all levels), free health care (for all) -Develop "a socially conscious society with financial security for all (Hansson).

Sweden "Just Enough" (Lagom) and "Jante Law" (Jantelagen)

"Just enough" (Lagom); moderation; "there is virtue in moderation"; Vikings and drinking just enough from the communal bowl or horn Jantelagen ("Jante Law"); modesty, humility, self-restraint; fairness and equaility.

German-Jewish Interactions British Nationalism, "Rule of Britannia" and "Jerusalem" (PP-Anthems)

-All political systems search for legitimacy (the right to govern) -Great Britain as the optimal case (and Germany long-term envy and search -England: The new Jerusalem

German-Jewish Interactions Contemporary German approach to halting the Far Right

-Cooptation +Confrontation +Marginalization -Strategy of dominant parties -The responsibility of political elites, media, etc. -Succes of strategy in German: from "Juden Raus" to "Nazis raus"

Sweden Dugnad (Norway)

-Definition: Unpaid, voluntary, organized, useful community work (voted the "Norwegian word of the year" 2004) -Communal civic work to engage in spring cleaning -Meaning, "lets do it together" -After have a celebratory meal

Sweden Scandinavian political values

-Democratic Collective action -Minimal Poverty -Socioeconomic equality -High Level of Employment among men and women

France Christiane Taubira

-For rights and justice -Minister of Justice and Keeper of the seals. -Member national assembly 1993-2012 -Worked in Lionel Jospin Govt -La loi taubira-same sex marriage -Career focus on the marginalized most popular politician of the left -Politics should be about allowing everyone however poor the space in which to construct their personal destiny. Taubira was the driving force behind a 21 May 2001 law that recognises the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as a crime against humanity. In 2013, she voiced her support for land reforms in France's Caribbean territories as compensation for slavery

German-Jewish Interactions Zionism

-Jewish nationalism and cultural movement that supports a Jewish nation-state on the territory of the land of Israel.

France French Gender Parity Law

-June 200 Socialist Government's "Parity Law" to "encourage" the nomination of more women to candidates by all parties -Near unanimous parliamentary support -Dilemmas in recruiting women

German-Jewish Interactions Nazi Rise to power (plus pdf)

-Mounting German Nationalism ("for" and "against") -Long-standing and deeply ingrained anti-semitism -Master race theories -Eugenics and social engineering -Nazi weltanschauung, power and policies

German-Jewish Interactions 19th Centurth German Romanticism -Art of Caspar David Friedrich-Music of Rober Schuman (PP-music montage)

-Nature; seeking harmony w/ the world -Simple rural life -introspection -reserved passion -Education and intellectualism -Science and logic -Buoyancy and energy -Industry -Modernism -Enlightenment and Romanticism

German-Jewish Interactions 18th -19th- Early 20th Century German-Jewish Relations (pdf's)

-One time welcoming of jews to north-central Europe -economic motivations for inclusion -jews attend university and enter professions

Sweden "The people's home" (Folkemmet)

-Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946; Prime Minister, 1932-46) -Replace traditional class society w/ a society stressing equality and mutual understanding; emphasis on citizens wellbeing. -Focus on free education (all levels), free health care (for all) -Develop "a socially conscious society with financial security for all (Hansson).

Sweden Swedish Social Democratic Values

-Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946; Prime Minister, 1932-46) -Replace traditional class society w/ a society stressing equality and mutual understanding; emphasis on citizens wellbeing. -Focus on free education (all levels), free health care (for all) -Develop "a socially conscious society with financial security for all (Hansson). -Social Democratic Party governance, 1932-76

Netherlands Dutch system of pillars- "Live Apart Together"

-Semi-autonomous communities w/ districts identities and vertically integrated organizations - Sections of society are separate, but they are seen as contributing to the common interest of the country as a whole

France Michel Sardou- "Muslim Women" (YouTube)

And what of Muslim women? The following song has also been long popular in France, even granting that the issue of France's growing Muslim population (the largest in Western Europe) has only become more compelling since this song first appeared. Thinking about the modern status and evolving position of Muslim women raises an even more complicated set of issues. Sardou's lyrics clearly focus on the Middle Eastern setting, with references to Lebanon and Sanaa, but the implications transcend the region. The cries that are heard in the concert, and these cries arise from the French audiences every time Sardou performs this classic: are they the cries, the chants, of the Muslim women?

Sweden Olaf Palme and "The Emancipation of Man"

Expanding and fine-tuning social justice -Employment security; safety in the workplace; increasingly efficient health care; end rural poverty (expanded housing); child care and protection of elderly; gender equality, sexual education, and liberation -Centralized wage agreements -Union power (w/SDP) -High Taxes -Environmental protection -Move from fossil fuels (to nuclear power). -Foreign policy neutrality

Netherlands "We should, therefore, claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant" (Karl Popper)

His comment, coming with the end of WWII and all of its atrocities stemming from profound national-ethnic-racial intolerance merits our careful consideration.

France Charles De Gaulle and Francois Mitterrand

In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. He was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era and his memory continues to influence French politics. "You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination." (Charles De Gaulle) Francois Mitterrand was a French statesman who was President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office of any French president. As leader of the Socialist Party, he was the first figure from the left elected president under the Fifth Republic.

Netherlands Pim Fortuyn and Theo Van Gogh

Pim Fortuyn -Far right gay politician; anti-establishment, picking up steam in early 2000's (1s in politics in 1999) -Cultural (Not racial) nationalist -Attacks what he terms" The bigotry of Isam-in-the-Netherlands"(e.g.; intolerance of gays, oppression of women, refusal to engage Dutch values); says Islam "backward" and the Netherland is "full" -Assassinated by animal rights fanatic may 10, 2002; Theo Van Gogh -Filmmaker; great-grandnephew of Vincent van Gogh; engaged in "killing taboos." -E.G., "hard" treatment of Muslims, Jews -Fighting "political correctness" (E.G., on smoking) -Supported Pim Fortuyn -Short, 11 minute film, "submission," details sexual humiliations of a young Muslim woman and her resutana religious doubts -Assassinated Novembet 2, 2004 by a Dutch-Born muslim extremist

German-Jewish Interactions The Haskalah (pdf)

The Haskalah, often termed Jewish Enlightenment (Hebrew: השכלה‎; literally, "wisdom", "erudition") was an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, with certain influence on those in the West and Muslim lands. It arose as a defined ideological worldview during the 1770s, and its last stage ended around 1881, with the rise of Jewish nationalism. The Haskalah pursued two complementary aims. It sought to preserve the Jews as a separate, unique collective and worked for a cultural and moral renewal, especially a revival of Hebrew for secular purposes, pioneering the modern press and literature in the language. Concurrently, it strove for an optimal integration of the Jews in surrounding societies, including the study of native vernacular and adoption of modern values, culture and appearance, all combined with economic productivization. The Haskalah promoted rationalism, liberalism, freedom of thought and enquiry, and is largely perceived as the Jewish variant of the general Enlightenment. The movement encompassed a wide spectrum ranging from moderates, who hoped for maximal compromise and conservatism, to radicals who sought sweeping changes.

France Elisabeth Guigou- equality and difference of sexes

The balancing act is challenging: how to ensure the equality of the sexes, without women losing the femininity that distinguishes them? Guigou has written of the complex position of women, and we accent the two key words, equality and difference: "If equality is sacrificed to difference, the reactionary position of traditional societies who cloistered their women in domestic tasks denying them access to abstraction or the management of public space is reinforced; and if one sacrifices the difference between the sexes with the richness of life that this implies, to equality, women are neutered and the whole of humanity impoverished the principle of equality must incorporate irreducible difference between the sexes, linked to procreation, the founding act of sexual species; and to bring about real equality it must accept affirmative action"

American Dream Personal Liberty Compared with License

When Does liberty become license License= Freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way that results in excessive or unacceptable behavior

Netherlands Dutch Tradition of tolerance

reputation for tolerance and social flexibility from immigration, socioeconomic diversity,welcoming jews