Enemy Encounters
Enemy Encounters
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Know your enemy, love your enemy – enmity as the most extreme form of antagonism is often full of ambivalences. Entangling hatred and fear with respect and even admiration, the construction of the enemy is seldom as clear-cut as it seems. In this podcast, members of the research and training group “Ambivalent Enmity” at Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will talk to selected guests to explore the ambivalences of enmity over time and space. Brace yourself for Enemy Encounters!
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The podcast delves into diverse topics related to enmity, with specific episodes focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Tamil nationalism. For instance, one episode discusses Arab intellectual perspectives on Jews and Zionism, while another examines the Sri Lankan civil war and theTamil diaspora's role, highlighting the layered complexities in understanding enmity historically and contemporaneously.
Know your enemy, love your enemy – enmity as the most extreme form of antagonism is often full of ambivalences. Entangling hatred and fear with respect and even admiration, the construction of the enemy is seldom as clear-cut as it seems. In this podcast, members of the research and training group “Ambivalent Enmity” at Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will talk to selected guests to explore the ambivalences of enmity over time and space. Brace yourself for Enemy Encounters!
In our fifth episode Dr. Fabian Baumann, postdoctoral research associate at the RTG Ambivalent Enmity, shares insights from his book “Dynasty Divided: A Family History of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism” (Cornell, 2023), in which he analyses the motives behind national identity formation within a family that included both Ukrainian and Russian nationalists. In his conversation with Prof. Tanja Penter, he traces the ambivalences and paradoxa of Russian-Ukrainian relations from the Tsarist Empire to the present day. What role does language play in the formation of a national consciousness? How did Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine affect notions of national belonging? How can the Russian state simultaneously deny the existence of a distinct Ukrainian nation and ferociously fight it? Listen in for more!
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