This volume is designed to assist university faculty and students studying and teaching about antisemitism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. In contrast with similar volumes, it is organized around specific concepts instead of chronology or geography. It promotes conversation about antisemitism across disciplinary, geographic, and thematic lines rather than privileging a single methodological paradigm, a specific academic field, or an overarching narrative.
Its twenty-one chapters by leading scholars in diverse fields address the relationship to antisemitism of concepts ranging from Anti-Judaism to Zionism. Each chapter not only traces the history and major scholarly debates around a key concept; it also presents an original argument, points to avenues for further research, and exemplifies a method of investigation.
Author(s): Sol Goldberg, Scott Ury, Kalman Weiser
Series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 336
City: Cham
Acknowledgments
Praise for Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction
References
Chapter 2 Anti-Judaism
References
Chapter 3 Anti-Semitism (Historiography)
1880–1918: Political Anti-Semitism and Its History
1918–1933: The Radicalization of Anti-Semitism and Early Theories to Explain It
1933–1938: The Rise of the Nazi Party and the Critical Historiography of Anti-Semitism
Historical Approaches During and After the Second World War
The Holocaust: The Genesis of the Major Theories for Explaining Anti-Semitism
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4 Anti-Zionism
References
Chapter 5 The Blood Libel
References
Chapter 6 The Catholic Church
The Theological Jew
Pope Innocent III Turns to Augustine
Theological Ideas of Jewish Servitude and Historical Reality
The Historical Jew(s)
Theology and Antisemitism in Modern Times
References
Chapter 7 Conspiracy Theories
Introduction
What Are Conspiracy Theories?
Where Do Conspiracy Theories Come From?
The Thread of Antisemitism
Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and the Left
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8 Emancipation
References
Chapter 9 Gender
Jews and Gender
The Gendered Citizen
The Emergence of the Jewish Woman
The Jewishness of the Jewish Woman
References
Chapter 10 Ghetto
The Rise of Ghettos
The Ghettos of the Holocaust
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11 The Holocaust
References
Chapter 12 Jewish Self-Hatred
Introduction
The Discursive Turn in the Literature
What Signals Jewish Self-Hatred?
Jewish Versus Other Kinds of Antisemitism
“Jewish” in the Relevant Sense
Antisemitism and Jewish Antisemitism Circumscribed
Prophetic Versus Jewish Antisemitism
Illustrating the Issues
A Skeptical and Hopeful Conclusion
References
Chapter 13 Nationalism
References
Chapter 14 Nazism
Antisemitism and Nazi Ideology
Antisemitism in Power
Antisemitism as Annihilation: Causes and Effects
References
Chapter 15 Orientalism
The Term “Orientalism”
The Precolonial/Turkish Phase
The Colonial/Arab Phase
The Postcolonial/Muslim Phase
Conclusion
References
Chapter 16 Philosemitism
Introduction
Vicissitudes of a Concept
Utility of the Concept
Directions for Future Research
References
Chapter 17 Pogroms
What Is a Pogrom?
Causes
Lviv 1941
Alexandria 38CE
Valencia 1391
Conclusion
References
Chapter 18 Postcolonialism
Introduction
Antisemitism and Colonialism After the Second World War
Postcolonial Studies
The Cosmopolitan Intellectual
Old/New Areas of Research
Conclusion
References
Chapter 19 Racism
I
II
III
IV
References
Chapter 20 Secularism
Introduction
Preliminaries
Literature Review
Orientalism, Judeophobia, and Islamophobia
The Prejudice of Secularism
Secularism as Protestant Christian Bias
Conclusion
References
Chapter 21 Sinat Yisrael (Hatred of Jews)
The Bible and Hatred of Jews
Early Exegesis of Esther
The Classical Rabbis and Gentile Hatred of Jews
The Rabbis and Gentiles
Rome and Romans
What the Rabbis Thought of the Romans
What the Romans Thought of the Jews
What the Jews Thought About Roman Attitudes to the Jews
How Prevalent Is the Hatred of Jews in the Rabbis’ Understanding?
“It Is a Well-Known halakhah (halakhah beyadua) That Esau Hates Jacob”
Sinai and Hatred
Vehi she-amedah
After the Classical Rabbinic Period
Conclusions
References
Chapter 22 Zionism
Introduction
The Die Is Cast? Pinsker’s Anger, Herzl’s Designs
Jabotinsky’s Inferno: The “Antisemitism of Things” and the Call for Jewish Evacuation
Jerusalem Scholars of Antisemitism: Politics, History, Narrative
Toward a New Orthodoxy? The Historiographical Antecedents of “the New Antisemitism”
Antisemitism and Zionism Between the Academic and the Public Realms
References
Works Cited
Index
