The scientification of the "Jewish question" in Nazi Germany / Horst Junginger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Junginger, Horst, author.

Series:

Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 157.

Numen Book Series, 0169-8834 ; Volume 157

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

National socialism and science.

Jews--Government policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Jews.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

The Scientification of the \'Jewish Question\' in Nazi Germany describes the attempt of a considerable number of German scholars to counter the vanishing influence of religious prejudices against the Jews with a new antisemitic rationale. As anti-Jewish stereotypes of an old-fashioned soteriological kind had become dysfunctional under the pressure of secularization, a new, more objective explanation was needed to justify the age-old danger of Judaism in the present. In the 1930s a new research field called “Judenforschung” (Jew research) emerged. Its leading figures amalgamated racial and religious features to verify the existence of an everlasting “Jewish problem”. Along with that they offered scholarly concepts for its solution.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Religion Matters

Religion, Blood and Race from the Perspective of the Study of Religion

The University of Tübingen and the Jews: From Its Establishment in 1477 until the End of the Nineteenth Century

The Weimar Republic as Zenith and Turning Point of Jewish Emancipation: The Process of Institutionalization and Its Conclusion

The “Jewish Question” Crops Up Again

The Debate over a Professorship for the Study of the “Jewish Question”

Antisemitism in Theory and Practice: “The Smoking Gun”

The Ultimate Consequences of Antisemitism

In the Flow of History

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-34188-9

OCLC:

974213340

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004341883 DOI