Dating back millennia, antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Thought to be vanquished after the horrors of the Holocaust, in recent decades it has once again become a disturbing presence in many parts of the world. Resurgent Antisemitism presents original research that elucidates the social, intellectual, and ideological roots of the "new" antisemitism and the place it has come to occupy in the public sphere. By exploring the sources, goals, and consequences of today's antisemitism and its relationship to the past, the book contributes to an understanding of this phenomenon that may help diminish its appeal and mitigate its more harmful effects.
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Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives
Dating back millennia, antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Thought to be vanquished after the horrors of the Holocaust, in recent decades it has once again become a disturbing presence in many parts of the world. Resurgent Antisemitism presents original research that elucidates the social, intellectual, and ideological roots of the "new" antisemitism and the place it has come to occupy in the public sphere. By exploring the sources, goals, and consequences of today's antisemitism and its relationship to the past, the book contributes to an understanding of this phenomenon that may help diminish its appeal and mitigate its more harmful effects.
Dating back millennia, antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Thought to be vanquished after the horrors of the Holocaust, in recent decades it has once again become a disturbing presence in many parts of the world. Resurgent Antisemitism presents original research that elucidates the social, intellectual, and ideological roots of the "new" antisemitism and the place it has come to occupy in the public sphere. By exploring the sources, goals, and consequences of today's antisemitism and its relationship to the past, the book contributes to an understanding of this phenomenon that may help diminish its appeal and mitigate its more harmful effects.
Alvin H. Rosenfeld holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies and is Professor of English and Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of A Double Dying: Reflections on Holocaust Literature, Imagining Hitler, and The End of the Holocaust, all published by IU Press.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsIntroduction Alvin H. Rosenfeld1 Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Rhetorical Manipulation of Reality Bernard Harrison 2 Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism as a Moral Question Elhanan Yakira 3 Manisfestations of Antisemitism in British Cultural and Intellectual Life Paul Bogdanor 4 Between Old and New Antisemitism: The Image of Jews in Present-day Spain Alejandro Baer 5 Antisemitism Redux: On Literary and Theoretical Perversions Bruno Chaouat 6 Anti-Zionism and the Resurgence of Antisemitism in Norway Eirik Eiglad 7 Antisemitism Redivivus: The Rising Ghosts of a Calamitous Inheritance in Hungary and Romania Szilvia Peremiczky 8 Comparative and Competitive Victimization in the Post-Communist Sphere Zvi Gitelman 9 The Catholic Church, Radio Maryja, and the Question of Antisemitism in Poland Anna Sommer Schneider 10 Antisemitism among Young European Muslims Gunther Jikeli 11 The Banalisation of Hate: Antisemitism in Contemporary Turkey Rifat Bali 12 Antisemitism's Permutations in the Islamic Republic of Iran Jamsheed Choksy 13 The Israeli Scene – Political Criticism and the Politics of Anti-Zionism Ilan Avisar 14 The Roots of Antisemitism in the Middle East: New Debates Matthias Küntzel 15 Anti-Zionist Connections: Communism, Radical Islam, and the Left Robert Wistrich 16 Present-day Antisemitism and the Centrality of the Jewish Alibi Emanuele Ottolenghi 17 Holocaust Denial and the Image of the Jew or: "They Boycott Auschwitz as an Israeli Product" Dina Porat 18 Identity Politics, the Pursuit of Social Justice, and the Rise of Campus Antisemitism: A Case Study Tammi Rossman-Benjamin 19 The End of the Holocaust and the Beginnings of a New Antisemitism Alvin Rosenfeld List of contributors Index
Indispensable to our understanding of contemporary antisemitism and how these new variations are informed and empowered by classical themes . . . a key text that helps to frame the intellectual debates now developing in the new field of Antisemitism Studies.
Yale University - Maurice Samuels
Extremely interesting, timely, well researched, and well argued . . . the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of a very important and deeply troubling issue.
Catherine D. Chatterley
Indispensable to our understanding of contemporary antisemitism and how these new variations are informed and empowered by classical themes . . . a key text that helps to frame the intellectual debates now developing in the new field of Antisemitism Studies.
