By trading class struggle for identity politics and lifestyle dogmas, Germany’s left has estranged ordinary citizens and handed the far right a chance to pose as their defenders.
Jens Jessen is a German journalist and publicist. From 2000 to 2014 Jessen was head of the arts section of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, for which he still writes today. His main areas of work are literary criticism, film criticism and political arts.
By trading class struggle for identity politics and lifestyle dogmas, Germany’s left has estranged ordinary citizens and handed the far right a chance to pose as their defenders.