Dr. Carlo Strenger, originally from Basel (Switzerland), is an existential psychoanalyst, philosopher and political commentator, and Professor of Psychology at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on the impact of globalization on meaning, and on personal and group identity.

As a commentator he writes primarily on Israeli politics and the Middle East conflict in his blog on Haaretz, Strenger than Fiction, as a columnist in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and occasionally in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and Foreign Policy.

He joins Rogel Alpher in the studio to explain some of his theses, including the complexity of the modern Jewish identity.

Playlist:
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
Bach – Cello Suite No. 2
Verdi – Requiem, Quid Sum Miser
Sinead O’Conner – Nothing Compares To You

Photo by Ofer Chen.