TAU Unbound - Episode #19: Who Owns America? Lessons from the Civil war

In episode 19 of TAU Unbound, host Ido Aharoni Aronoff is engaging in a fascinating conversation with one of the academic superstars of Tel Aviv University: historian Dr. Yael Strenhell, whose expertise is the American Civil War and its long aftermath. Dr. Sternhell is able to draw parallels from the Civil War era to today’s political struggles. At the core of the discussion: to whom does America belong? It appears that American society is still debating this fundamental question. Yael is the author of the acclaimed "Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South" (Harvard University Press, 2012). She is holding a joint appointment in the history department and the Department of English and American Studies. 00:00 Intro 01:07 - Personal background, love for history and humanity 02:42 - Specialization in American history 03:50 - Civil War in the United States 05:00 - About her father Prof. Zeev Sternhell 08:12 - Prof Zeev Sternhell legacy - an intellectual committed to society 08:45 - The American Civil War from the point of view of the refugee movement in it 13:00 - The basic questions of the civil war are still relevant today 14:50 - Is everyone really equal in America? 16:00 - America Divided. There is a non-violent struggle. 19:00 - Democracies and the information age in social networks 20:38 - The American Constitution 25:00 - Barack Obama 27:50 - The importance of the humanities and social sciences https://international.tau.ac.il