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Rafaël Newman

Rafaël Newman studied classical philology at the University of Toronto and comparative literature at Princeton University, where he earned his doctorate. He has published essays on literature and contemporary culture in Germany, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United States.

Gespaltene Kollektive. Das Unbehagen mit der Identität in Samirs Baghdad In My Shadow

Eine progressive „Identitätspolitik“, die im Namen des Widerstandes gegen nationalistische Beschränkungen betrieben wird, muss verschiedene, disparate „kollektive Identitäten“ für ein gemeinsames Ziel mobilisieren. Aber was, wenn diese Kollektive selbst gespaltene sind? Ein neuer Film untersucht dieses Rätsel.

Rafaël Newman

Divided Collectives. Identity and Its Discontents in Samir’s Baghdad In My Shadow

A progressive “identity politics” pursued in the name of resistance to nationalist retrenchment depends on the mobilization of various disparate “collective identities” around a common aim. But what if those collectives are themselves fragmented? A new film explores this conundrum.