Inside the antisemitic mind : the language of Jew-hatred in contemporary Germany / Monika Schwarz-Friesel and Jehuda Reinharz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwarz-Friesel, Monika, author.

Reinharz, Jehuda, author.

Series:

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)

The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry

Standardized Title:

Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism in language--Germany--History--21st century.

Antisemitism in language.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Germany--History--21st century.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Social perception--Germany--History--21st century.

Social perception.

Jews--Public opinion.

Jews.

Public opinion--Germany.

Public opinion.

History.

Germany.

German language--Discourse analysis.

German language.

German language--Terms and phrases.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Genre:

History.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xxii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This empirical study examines verbal manifestations of antisemitism in contemporary Germany through the lens of letters and emails to the Israeli embassy in Germany and other organizations" -- Provided by the publisher

Contents:

1 Introduction The Need for This Book 1

2 Hostility toward Jews and Language Verbal Imposition of Power and Violence 7

Language as a Cognitive System and Communicative Instrument for Action 7

The Power of Language as Violence through Language 12

The Reconstruction of Antisemitic Conceptualizations: Linguistic Utterances as Traces of Cultural, Cognitive, and Emotional Processes 16

Conceptual and Verbal Antisemitism 18

Conclusion 26

3 Hostile Stereotypes of Jews and Their Historical Roots 28

On the Genesis of Resentment toward Jews: Why the Jews? 28

Survival and Resistance of Judeophobic Stereotypes in Modern Times 39

Antisemitism as State Doctrine: The "Final Solution" as the Ultimate Consequence of Judeophobia 49

Hostility toward Jews after 1945: Minimization of the Caesura in Civilization and Withholding of Empathy 54

Present-Day Hostility toward Jews: The "New" Antisemitism of the Twenty-First Century 60

Conclusion 65

4 Present-Day Verbalization of Stereotypes 67

Stereotypes, Mental Models, Prejudices, Clichés, and Stock Phrases: Terminological and Conceptual Clarifications 67

Current Stereotypes and Their Verbal Manifestations 75

Conclusion 125

5 Echo of the Past: "The insolent Jew is harassing Germans once again!" 128

Components of Nazi Speech in Contemporary Discourse Hostile toward Jews 128

Lexical Analyses of Insolence/Insolent and Harass/Harassment 138

Conclusion 142

6 Anti-Israelism as a Modern Variant of Verbal Antisemitism The Modern Conceptualization of the Collective Jew 145

Criticism of Israel versus Anti-Israelism: Two Different Speech Acts 145

Characteristics of Antisemitic Anti-Israelism 157

"As I just read in my paper..."-Intertextual Allusions and Verbal Convergences: On the Potential Effects of One-Sided Reports on the Middle East Conflict 187

Conclusion 192

7 A Comparison with Other Countries in Europe Results of a Contrastive Analysis 194

Austria 194

Switzerland 195

The Netherlands 197

Spain 198

Belgium 199

England 199

Ireland 201

Sweden 202

Conclusion 203

8 The Emotional Basis of Modern Hostility toward Jews 205

On the Relevance of Emotions to the Analysis of Antisemitism 205

The Emotional Potential of Antisemitic Texts: Expression of Emotions and Description of Feelings 208

The Obsessive Dimension 216

Contrary to Reason: On the Dominance of the Irrational Dimension in Antisemitic Texts 222

Hate without a Real Object: Jew as an Abstract Notion 231

Conclusion 234

9 Acts of Verbal Violence 235

Abuse, Insults, Threats, Curses 236

Hostility toward Jews as a Missionary Urge: Moral Appeals and Advice 255

Suggestions for Solving the "Jewish Problem": "Exterminate them for good!" and "Dissolve the state of Israel" 266

Conclusion 274

10 Textual Strategies and Patterns of Argumentation 276

Communicative Strategies and Argumentative Elaboration 276

Strategies of Legitimation and Self-Aggrandizement: "I am a humanist through and through!" 280

Strategies of Avoidance and Self-Defense: "I am no antisemite!" 285

Strategies of Justification: "You provoke that!" 296

Relativizing Strategies: "After all, it's 2007!" 309

Strategies of Differentiation; "You are one team" 316

Conclusion 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schwarz-Friesel, Monika, author. Inside the antisemitic mind

ISBN:

9781611689839

161168983X

9781611689846

1611689848

OCLC:

945648881