From ambivalence to betrayal : the left, the Jews, and Israel / Robert S. Wistrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wistrich, Robert S., 1945-

Series:

Studies in antisemitism (Unnumbered)

Studies in antisemitism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--History.

Antisemitism.

Communism and Judaism.

Communism and Zionism.

Socialism and antisemitism.

Socialism and Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (645 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Ambivalence to Betrayal is the first study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel since the origins of European socialism in the 1840s until the present. This pathbreaking synthesis reveals a striking continuity in negative stereotypes of Jews, contempt for Judaism, and negation of Jewish national self-determination from the days of Karl Marx to the current left-wing intellectual assault on Israel. World-renowned expert on the history of antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich provides not only a powerful analysis of how and why the Left emerged as a spearhead of anti-Israel sentiment but also new insights into the wider involvement of Jews in radical movements. There are fascinating portraits of Marx, Moses Hess, Bernard Lazare, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky, and other Jewish intellectuals, alongside analyses of the darker face of socialist and Communist antisemitism. The closing section eloquently exposes the degeneration of leftist anti-Zionist critiques into a novel form of "anti-racist" racism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803240834

080324083X

9781283692380

1283692384

OCLC:

827235539