Scholz shocked with dirty work on the Iran conflict!
Scholz shocked with dirty work on the Iran conflict!
In the current political discussion, the statements of Chancellor Olaf Scholz are in focus on Iran and Israel. Scholz described the military actions of Israel against Iran as "dirty work", which is criticized in the press as worrying. The Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung emphasizes that this term should not be downplayed in the context of war because it is connected to the death of humans. Therefore, the question arises: how far can political rhetoric go?The discussion about the brutalization of language in the federal government is getting louder. Scholz ’chosen words are not alone, the Minister of Defense has also defined his“ war ability ”as the goal of his policy. This rhetoric arouses memories of the time before the First World War, when similar words led to devastating consequences. The article by [Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung] (https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten-amp/pressestimme-rhein-neckar-zeitung- zu-Merz-iran/37529927) also draws parallels to the Iraq war forcutation from 2003 and states that there was no conclusive evidence that Iran was shortly before that atomic bombing to use.
language and historical science
In a completely different, but also important context, a conference entitled "Historical Uncertainty in the SPIEGEL Language Construction" takes place in Essen. In his opening contribution, historian Jörn Rüsen emphasizes the importance of history as a construction and calls for a new historical science that offers orientation in our society. The event sits in of the discussion on how language and history are linked to each other and what role communicative strategies play in the construction of history narratives.
A highlight of the conference is the discussion of Anja Lobenstein-Reichmann, who deals with interaction and communication in history and present. Based on the example of the witch tracking, it is explained how linguistic means can lead to persecution of minorities. Here it becomes clear how strongly the construction of reality is influenced by language - a topic that is also relevant in the current political discourse.
The effects of the First World War
A focus of the conference is also on the upheavals that the First World War left. Agnés Steuckardt from the University of Montpellier explains how French soldiers had to learn to record their experiences in the Feldpost in writing. This goes hand in hand with the development of its own transcription of language. It is also interesting to analyze the poetry of Friedrich Gundolf, which shows hardly any stylistic changes before and after 1914, but becomes more national and thus reveals a clear influence of language on social awareness.
All of these discussions about language, war and historical science show a clear trend: Language has power and the way things are formulated can have far -reaching consequences. The continuous debate about the statements of politicians such as Scholz and the critical reviews of our historical roots offer the citizens to think and their own statements.
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