Austria's Freedom Party, under the leadership of Jrg Haider, is the largest right-wing party in Europe. Since February 2000, it has been a part of Austria?s government. Doron Rabinovici, Austria?s leading public intellectual, has spearheaded a massive resistance movement against the Freedom Party and its racist policies. Here, he discuss his ongoing struggle against anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and Austria?s unwillingness to deal with its Nazi past.

Sponsored by: Drobny Program for Jewish Culture and Society

In conjunction with: Department of Anthropology, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of History, Department of Political Science, European Union Center, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Programs and Studies and Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory