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Exploring the Roots and Methods of Protest Movements: A Conversation with Criminologist Nils Schuhmacher

What actually is violence? Where does it begin? And what about the state’s monopoly on the use of force? Nils Schuhmacher, criminologist at the University of Hamburg, researches protest movements.

Climate glue, forest squatters, food savers: ever new protest movements keep us in suspense. They may have lofty goals, but why do they sometimes choose ruthless methods? What kind of people are they? What beliefs drive them, what fears? And how do you imagine the future? Eleven students on the master’s course in German-French journalism at the France Center at the University of Freiburg have dealt with this. They chose the topic “activism” themselves. At the invitation of the Baden …

2023-06-09 20:23:39
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