1st Edition

Antisemitism and Modernity Innovation and Continuity

By Hyam Maccoby Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The subject of anti-Semitism, not long ago thought to be a dead issue, has been revised due to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Maccoby traces the now topical discussion of the origins of Anti-Semitism, and especially its development in the modern world. The key questions that are addressed include: How is it that this medieval prejudice proved so lasting and... Read more
1. The Beginnings of Racist Antisemitism in Sixteenth-Century Spain  2. The Reformation  3. The Renaissance  4. The Enlightenment  5. The Nineteenth-Century: Wagner and the Alleged Jewish Threat to Culture  6. Nietzsche and the Jews: A Strange Case  7. Marx and the Beginnings of Leftwing Antisemitism  8. The Darwinist Theorists of Racist Antisemitism: During the Marr  9. The Antisemitism of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound: Cultural Antisemitism of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century  10. Hitler and Nazism: The Avalanche of Hate  11. Western Awareness of Responsibility for Antisemitism  12. Zionism as Attempted Solution to Antisemitism  13. The Jews as Satan in the New Muslim Antisemitic Mythology  14. Prospects for Antisemitism, Factors for Improvement

Biography

Hyam Maccoby