Should politics reform the collective imaginary?
Loved by children for generations, Black Pete has become a point of dispute for the Dutch. A harmless tradition or a racist hangover from the colonial past?
Jan W. Bok is historian (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and political philosopher (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) based in Madrid.
Loved by children for generations, Black Pete has become a point of dispute for the Dutch. A harmless tradition or a racist hangover from the colonial past?
How did a politician like Geert Wilders gain so much influence in a liberal country like the Netherlands? How much power will he really have after the election?