Talal Asad: Historical Parallel Between Obama and Hitler?

Talal Asad: Historical Parallel Between Obama and Hitler? Other - New York, NY While looking for historical parallels to Barack Obama, Talal Asad finds similarities between the "enormous infatuation" and nationalism associated with Adolf Hitler during the 1930s in Germany and Obama's election night acceptance speech "disquieting."However, he also finds Obama's goal of unification similar to that of Nelson Mandela's.

Submission | December 17, 2008

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