Christopher Caldwell
Christopher Caldwell (* 1962 ) is an American journalist . He is the Chief of Staff at Weekly Standard and writes regularly for the Financial Times and Slate . He also writes for the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times and the Washington Post . He has previously contributed to The Atlantic Monthly and the New York Press .
Life
Caldwell was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied English literature. His wife Zelda is the daughter of journalist and TV presenter Robert Novak . You have five children.
Reception and effect
Caldwell's book Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West , first published in 2009 and critically examining the strong Muslim immigration to Europe, has been an international bestseller and has also been translated into Spanish, French and Dutch. The Economist called it "an important and provocative book" and "the best contribution so far by a pessimist to Islamic immigration in Europe". In a review for a magazine published in the United Arab Emirates, the Marxist historian Perry Anderson called it "the most remarkable contribution that has ever appeared in any language on immigration in Western Europe", although he critically examined individual theses of Caldwell.
In July 2017, in a comment in the New York Times , Caldwell dealt with the suicidal German historian Rolf Peter Sieferle and his book Finis Germania , which was unanimously condemned by the features of the major German daily newspapers. For Caldwell, on the other hand, the Sieferle scandal revealed a completely different German problem: “Readers did not agree when the German literary institutions unanimously condemned Sieferle's work as a right-wing extremist treatise. They really took out their wallets and said: 'That must be the right book for me!' "For Caldwell, this is a sign that the distrust of authorities in Germany has reached a worrying level:" Possibly an American one Level."
Books
- Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing . (Ed. With Christopher Hitchens ). Perseus. 2002. ISBN 978-1-56025-409-6
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Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West . London, Allen Lane. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7139-9936-5
- Une révolution sous nos yeux, comment l'Islam va transformer la France et l'Europe . Translation by Johan-Frédérik Hel-Guedj. Foreword by Michèle Tribalat . Paris: Éditions du Toucan, 2011. ISBN 978-2-8100-0444-7
Web links
- Interview with Caldwell on Reflections on the Revolution in Europe , C-SPAN Q&A, September 13, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Europe and Islam A treacherous path? A pessimist's view of what Islamic immigration may be doing to Europe. The Economist, August 27, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Perry Anderson, 'Portents of Eurabia,' The National, August 2009
- ↑ Christopher Caldwell: Germany's Newest Intellectual Antihero. The New York Times, July 8, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caldwell, Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |