Adam Knowles

@knowlesadam.bsky.social

Philosophy, Intellectual History, History of Ideas at the University of Zurich. Working on fascism, ethnonationalism, 20th-century political thought / Here in a privative capacity.

Tonight with livestream! Dagmar Herzog's talk "Eugenische Phantasmen – Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte der NS-«Euthanasie»-Morde" takes place on 01.06.2026, 18:30 – 20:00 at KOL-F-101 of the University of Zurich. The link is here: bit.ly/4fGHABS. No registration necessary.

Poster announcing public lecture at the University of Zurich
Speaker Series: Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Eugenische Phantasmen
– Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte der NS-«Euthanasie»-Morde
01.06.2026, 18:30 – 20:00, KOL-F-101
Dagmar Herzog – City University of New York

Looking forward to hosting you in Zurich on 18.05. with Nadia Mazouz of the ETH for a workshop on "Disgust" at the beautiful Villa Hatt! Info here for anyone interested in attending: ephil.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic@dittemunch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preparing a talk for a ws in Zurich where I'll be restating the arguments from my OUP book: When genocidaires feel sick it is not proof they "deep down" feel bad about their actions. See also @waitmanwbeorn.com on this point and listen to our conversation in his @holocaustpod.bsky.social ⬇️

Looking forward to hosting you in Zurich on 18.05. with Nadia Mazouz of the ETH for a workshop on "Disgust" at the beautiful Villa Hatt! Info here for anyone interested in attending: ephil.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic@dittemunch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Preparing a talk for a ws in Zurich where I'll be restating the arguments from my OUP book: When genocidaires feel sick it is not proof they "deep down" feel bad about their actions. See also @waitmanwbeorn.com on this point and listen to our conversation in his @holocaustpod.bsky.social ⬇️

Das bpb-Projekt »Deutschlands Radikale Rechte 1945-2025« wagt einen lange fälligen Überblick der verschiedenen Entwicklungen am rechten Rand und ist mit einer Menge Material angereichert. Es kostet trotz Coffee Table Format nur 7,50 €. Martin Langebach und sein Team haben hervorragend gearbeitet!

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If you're in Zurich and need a distraction from the sunny weather, then join us this evening for a timely discussion on coming to terms with the past in the Swiss context. The lineup features Moira Pinkus, Raphael Gross, Jakob Tanner, and Karen Roth. 18:15 in KO2-F-180 of the UZH.

Adam Knowles@knowlesadam.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Save the date. Join us in two weeks at the University of Zurich for a podium discussion "Die Zukunft der Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Schweiz" with Raphael Gross, Jakob Tanner and Moira Pinkus moderated by Karen Roth-Krauthammer. Mar. 19th, 18:15-19.45, KO2-F-180. www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...

Event announcement at the University of Zurich:
Speaker Series: Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Die Zukunft der
Vergangenheitsbewältigung in der Schweiz
19.03.2026, 18:15 – 19:45, KO2-F-180
Moderation:
Karen Roth-Krauthammer – Omanut
Speakers:
Raphael Gross – Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Jakob Tanner – FS für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, UZH
Moira Pinkus – Historisches Seminar, UZH

Final Reminder for anyone close to Zurich: Join us for a lecture by @christina-morina.bsky.social this evening at the University of Zurich!

Adam Knowles@knowlesadam.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Am 26.02. hält @christina-morina.bsky.social (Bielefeld) einen Vortrag zu „Mehrheitsgesellschaften und Judenverfolgung in europäischer Perspektive: Geschichte und Erinnerung” in KO2-F-180, 18:15-19:45 an der Universität Züirch. Der Vortrag ist gesponsert von der Balzan-Stiftung und offen für alle.

Guter Beitrag von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy über das jüngste Buch von Dagmar Herzog. Auch eine Gelegenheit daran zu erinnern, dass Herzog einen Vortrag an der Uni Zürich am 01.06. hält. Am 02.06. findet ein Workshop mit Herzog über „Eugenische Phantasmen“ statt. Mehr dazu demnächst.

Speaker Series: Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Eugenische Phantasmen
- Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte
der NS-«Euthanasie>>-Mor de
01.06.2026, 18:30- 20:00 (KOL F-101)
Dagmar Herzog - City University of New York
WOZ@woz.ch · 7mo ago

Mit libidinöser Grausamkeit gegen Menschen mit Behinderung: Die Historikerin Dagmar Herzog geht einem Merkmal der #noAfD auf den Grund, das bisher vergleichsweise wenig Beachtung gefunden hat. Von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy

Guter Beitrag von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy über das jüngste Buch von Dagmar Herzog. Auch eine Gelegenheit daran zu erinnern, dass Herzog einen Vortrag an der Uni Zürich am 01.06. hält. Am 02.06. findet ein Workshop mit Herzog über „Eugenische Phantasmen“ statt. Mehr dazu demnächst.

Speaker Series: Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Eugenische Phantasmen
- Die lange Vor- und Nachgeschichte
der NS-«Euthanasie>>-Mor de
01.06.2026, 18:30- 20:00 (KOL F-101)
Dagmar Herzog - City University of New York
WOZ@woz.ch · 7mo ago

Mit libidinöser Grausamkeit gegen Menschen mit Behinderung: Die Historikerin Dagmar Herzog geht einem Merkmal der #noAfD auf den Grund, das bisher vergleichsweise wenig Beachtung gefunden hat. Von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy

Since Plato is in the news: What was Plato's status at the Nazified university? This 1934 diagram from the journal "Völkische Kultur" shows one response. It puts Plato in a cosmopolitan lineage of degradation leading to Kant which was, in a common antisemitic trope, portrayed as suspiciously Jewish.

Taxonomic diagram of intellectual history tracing the lineage of various strands of thinking published in the ethnonationalist journal "Völkische Kultur" in 1934 in Werner Deubel's essay "Graecogermanisch--Graecojudaisch." In the chart the fundamental divide is between a "Greco-Jewish" lineage that leads to the "downfall of the soul" and a "Greco-Germanic" lineage that leads to the "German Cultural Revolution." Plato is placed in a lineage that leads to a "logocentric system" crystalized by Kant and ultimately resulting in Americanism and Bolshevism. The chart places Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Romanticism as the critical nodal points in the movement towards downfall (Kant, Goethe in part) and Cultural Revolution (Goethe, in part, Schiller, and Romantics).

Since Plato is in the news: What was Plato's status at the Nazified university? This 1934 diagram from the journal "Völkische Kultur" shows one response. It puts Plato in a cosmopolitan lineage of degradation leading to Kant which was, in a common antisemitic trope, portrayed as suspiciously Jewish.

Taxonomic diagram of intellectual history tracing the lineage of various strands of thinking published in the ethnonationalist journal "Völkische Kultur" in 1934 in Werner Deubel's essay "Graecogermanisch--Graecojudaisch." In the chart the fundamental divide is between a "Greco-Jewish" lineage that leads to the "downfall of the soul" and a "Greco-Germanic" lineage that leads to the "German Cultural Revolution." Plato is placed in a lineage that leads to a "logocentric system" crystalized by Kant and ultimately resulting in Americanism and Bolshevism. The chart places Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Romanticism as the critical nodal points in the movement towards downfall (Kant, Goethe in part) and Cultural Revolution (Goethe, in part, Schiller, and Romantics).