The politics of unreason : the Frankfurt School and the origins of modern antisemitism / Lars Rensmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rensmann, Lars, author.

Series:

SUNY series, philosophy and race.

SUNY Series, Philosophy and Race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Historiography.

Antisemitism.

Antisemitism--Research--Germany--History.

Frankfurt school of sociology--History.

Frankfurt school of sociology.

Critical theory--History.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 pages).

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : Suny Press, 2017.

Summary:

The first systematic analysis of the Frankfurt School's research and theorizing on modern antisemitism.

Contents:

1. Introduction How the Frankfurt School Has Shaped the Study of Modern Antisemitism

2. From Odysseus to Postliberal Subjectivity Revisiting Freud and the Civilizational Genesis of Social Domination

3. Loving to Hate The Antidemocratic Syndrome and the Social Psychology of Modern Authoritarianism

4. Objectifying the Other The Ideology of Antisemitism as False Projection

5. The Societal Origins of Modern Antisemitism Judeophobia and Critical Social Theory after Marx and Weber

6. Power, Desolation, and the Failed Promise of Freedom Rereading the “Elements of Antisemitism”

7. The Politics of Paranoia From Totalitarian Antisemitism to Political Mobilizations of Judeophobia in Democracies

8 Guilt, Responsibility, and Post-Holocaust Democracy Interpreting “Secondary” Antisemitism

9. Why Critical Theory Matters Antisemitism, Authoritarian Politics, and Human Dignity in the Global Age

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438465951

1438465955