Enzo Traverso

2 weeks ago | portside.org | Rachel Shabi |Enzo Traverso |Willard Wood |Peter Beinart

‘Infinite License’ Published April 6, 2025 On January 12, 1904, the Herero people of German Southwest Africa—today’s Namibia—launched a series of attacks on scattered German farms in the territory. The Herero, a pastoral group of about 80,000, depended on their vast cattle herds for their economic, social, and cultural life, but the German settlers who had begun to arrive in the late nineteenth century increasingly encroached on their grazing lands.

2 months ago | jacobin.com | Enzo Traverso

Interview by Elias Feroz After over fifteen months, the war in Palestine has finally reached at least an initial pause — hopefully followed by a permanent cease-fire in coming months. The destruction in Gaza is unprecedented in scale: according to a recent Guardian report, nearly 50,000 Gazans — roughly 2 percent of the population — have been killed, over 100,00 more are wounded, many with debilitating injuries.

Oct 4, 2024 | lithub.com | Enzo Traverso |Willard Wood

The press and especially the news channels are constantly warning us that antisemitism is everywhere on the rise. They don’t point to specific episodes, content instead to denounce an ancient prejudice that in the context of a Middle East crisis is staging a resurgence. No, they describe a gigantic wave of antisemitism that has been sweeping across the globe since October 7.

Jun 17, 2024 | vientosur.info | Enzo Traverso |Pensamiento Crítico

El historiador Enzo Traverso rinde homenaje al inmenso editor que fue Éric Hazan, fundador de ediciones La Fabrique y autor de numerosos libros -entre ellos, La invención de París (2002), Una Historia de la Revolución francesa (2012) o también La Dinámica de la revuelta (2015)-, fallecido hace unos días. Repasando su trayectoria, insiste con razón en el papel crucial que ha jugado La Fabrique desde su fundación, en particular para los movimientos antirracistas y descolonizadores.

Apr 11, 2024 | prensarural.org | Enzo Traverso

Luchas y memoriaVida y legado intelectual del pensador antifascista Primo LeviPrimo Levi, escritor, partisano antifascista y superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazis, murió un 11 de abril en 1987. Según Enzo Traverso, su vida y la cautelosa ideología de la Ilustración que promovió en su obra contaron la historia del siglo XX y sus batallas.