The paranoid apocalypse : a hundred-year retrospective on the Protocols of the elders of Zion / edited by Richard Landes and Steven T. Katz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landes, Richard, 1949-

Katz, Steven T., 1944-

Series:

Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protocols of the wise men of Zion.

Antisemitism.

Physical Description:

vii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2012]

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Protocols at the Dawn of the 21st Century / Richard Landes Landes, Richard, Steven T. Katz Katz, Steven T. 1

Part I Conceptual Prelude: On Paranoid Politics and Apocalyptic Violence

2 The Melian Dialogue, the Protocols, and the Paranoid Imperative / Richard Landes Landes, Richard 23

3 The Apocalyptic Other: On Paranoia and Violence / Charles B. Strozier Strozier, Charles B. 34

Part II Medieval Prologue: Cosmic Christian Anxiety and Global Modern Paranoia

4 The Devil's Hoofs: The Medieval Roots of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion / Jeffrey R. Woolf Woolf, Jeffrey R. 49

5 Thomas of Monmouth and the Protocols of the Sages of Narbonne / Johannes Heil Heil, Johannes 56

Part III The Early Years: The Apocalyptic Matrix of Genesis and Launch

6 "The Antichrist as an Imminent Political Possibility": Sergei Nilus and the Apocalyptical Reading of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion / Michael Hagemeister Hagemeister, Michael 79

7 Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Thoughts on the French Connection / Jeffrey Mehlman Mehlman, Jeffrey 92

8 "Jewish World Conspiracy" and the Question of Secular Religions: An Interpretative Perspective / Paul Zawadski Zawadski, Paul 100

9 The Turning Point: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the Eschatological War between Aryans and Jews / David Redles Redles, David 112

Part IV Post-Holocaust Protocols: Non-Western Variations

10 The Protocols in Japan / David G. Goodman Goodman, David G. 135

11 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: An Authentic Document in Palestinian Authority Ideology / Itamar Marcus Marcus, Itamar, Barbara Crook Crook, Barbara 152

Part V Protocols at the Turn of the Millennium: The Return of the Repressed

12 Anti-Semitism from Outer Space: The Protocols in the UFO Subculture / Michael Barkun Barkun, Michael 163

13 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion on the Contemporary American Scene: Historical Artifact or Current Threat? / Deborah Lipstadt Lipstadt, Deborah 172

14 Protocols to the Left, Protocols to the Right: Conspiracism in American Political Discourse at the Turn of the Second Millennium / Chip Berlet Berlet, Chip 186

Part VI Quo Vadis? How to Respond to the Return of the Protocols

15 Conspiracy Then and Now: History, Politics, and the Anti-Semitic Imagination / Stephen Eric Bronner Bronner, Stephen Eric 219

16 Jewish Self-Criticism, Progressive Moral Schadenfreude, and The Suicide of Reason: Reflections on the Protocols in the "Postmodern" Era / Richard Landes Landes, Richard 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814748929

9780814748923

9780814748930

0814748937

9780814749456

0814749453

OCLC:

724667340

Publisher Number:

99946259311