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Antisemitism and the politics of history
Uniform Title
Anṭishemiyut. English.
Title
Antisemitism and the politics of history / edited by Scott Ury and Guy Miron.
ISBN
9781684581795
1684581796
9781684581801
168458180X
Publication
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xiii, 384 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes
"A Sarnat Library Book" -- title page.
"An earlier version of this volume was originally published in Hebrew as: (Antishemiyut: ben musag histori lesiah tsiburi) ©2020 by Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem" -- t.p. verso.
Translated from the Hebrew.
Summary
This groundbreaking collection addresses the history and challenges of using "antisemitism" and related terms as tools for historical analysis and public discourse. It encourages readers to rethink long-standing assumptions regarding the meaning of Jewish history and the history of relations between jews and their neighbors. The book begins with a revised version of David Engel's seminal essay "Away from a Definition of Antisemitism." Subsequent contributions explore the various definitions and uses of the term "antisemitism" in a range of contexts, including ancient Rome and Greece; the Byzantine Empire; medieval, early modern, and modern Europe; and North America, and descusses the Holocoust and its memory. It is a critical resource for scholars, policymakers, and journalists researching antisemitism, the Holocoust, and modern Jewish society. provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2024
Series
The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
I. Introductory Considerations. Antisemitism : on the meanings and uses of a contested term / Scott Ury and Guy Miron
Thinking about "antisemitism" / David Engel
II. Methodological Explorations. History and noise / Amos Morris-Reich
Erotohistoriography : sensory and emotional dimensions of antisemitism / Susannah Heschel
Toward entanglement / Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
III. Premodern Contextualizations. Separation, Judeophobia, and the birth of the "goy" : the chicken and the egg / Adi M. Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Antisemitism and Islamophobia : a medieval comparison / Youval Rotman
The term "antisemitism" as a category for the study of medieval Jewish history / Tzafrir Barzilay
IV. Modern Contestations. "Feverish preference" : philosemitism, anti-antisemitism, and their critics / Ofri Ilany
Cautious use of the term "antisemitism"
for lack of an alternative : interwar Poland as a test case / Gershon Bacon
America and the keyword battle over "antisemitism" / Eli Lederhendler
"Fog in Channel
continent cut off?" : remarks on antisemitism, pride, and prejudice in Britain / Arie M. Dubnov
A retreat from universalism : opposing and defining antisemitism and Islamophobia in Britain, ca. 1990-2018 / David Feldman
V. Post-Holocaust Ruminations. In defense of the concept of "antisemitism" in Holocaust studies / Havi Dreifuss
"Antisemitism" as a question in Holocaust studies / Amos Goldberg and Raz Segal
Is there Christian antisemitism? The history of an intra-Catholic debate, 1965-2000 / Karma Ben-Johanan
VI. Concluding Explanations. Can the circle be broken? / David Engel.
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