Antisemitic myths : a historical and contemporary anthology / edited by Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, Marvin.

Schweitzer, Frederick M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--History--Sources.

Antisemitism.

Antisemitism--History.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 352 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Summary:

The current revival of antisemitism in Europe and the demonization of Jews in parts of the Muslim world give special importance to the exposure of the myths and lies that for centuries led people to regard Jews as the dangerous "other" and that led to violence and persecution. This provocative anthology presents 90 documents that focus on the nature, evolution, and meaning of the principal myths that have made antisemitism such a lethal force in history: Jews as deicides, ritual murderers, agents of Satan, international conspirators, and conniving, unscrupulous Shylocks. Also included are documents illustrating the recent revival of classical myths about Jews among black nationalists, Holocaust deniers, and Islamic fundamentalists. Finally, the anthology includes documents illustrating the efforts of Christian churches today to come to terms with their antisemitic pasts. Lucid, accessible overviews by the editors place the documents in context for students and general readers.

Contents:

Christian demonization of the Jews

The libel of ritual murder

The accusation of host desecration

Jews blamed for the Black Death

Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

The Spanish Inquisition and the Conversos

The persecution of Portuguese Jews

Luther and the Jews

The misuse of learning: the professor as antisemite

Voltaire: the philosophe as antisemite

Continuing Catholic anti-Judaism and antisemitism

The Jew as evil capitalist: Marx and Sombart

French antisemitism and the Dreyfus Affair

German volkish antisemitism

Zionism as a defense against Jew-hatred

Persecution and pogroms in Tsarist Russia

The myth of an international Jewish conspiracy

The intensification of German antisemitism after World War I

The worldview of Adolf Hitler

Nazi racial culture: the corruption of the intellect

The Jew in Nazi wartime propaganda

The Holocaust (Shoah)

The Catholic Church confronts its antisemitic past

Protestant churches confront their antisemitic past

Antisemitism in the Soviet Union and the new Russia

The lingering appeal of Nazism in Germany

Neo-Nazi antisemitism in the United States: a radical fringe

Holocaust denial: a neo-Nazi mythology

African American antisemitism: the Nation of Islam

Muslim antisemitism: recycling old myths.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-341) and index.

ISBN:

9780253349842

0253349842

9780253219503

0253219507

OCLC:

145145482