Antisemitism and Modernity: Innovation and Continuity

by Hyam Maccoby

Overview

The subject of anti-Semitism, not long ago thought to be a dead issue, has been revised due to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Maccoby traces the now topical discussion of the origins of Anti-Semitism, and especially its development in the modern world. The key questions that are addressed include:

• How is it that this medieval prejudice proved so lasting and potent?
• Are the roots of anti-Semitism religious? If so, how do these roots differ in Christianity and Islam?
• By what means did it bridge the gap between medievalism and Enlightenment?
• How was it that many of the most respected Enlightenment figures (such as Voltaire) dedicated as they were to tolerance and pluralism, retained a virulent anti-Semitism?

These questions, and many more, are dealt with as Maccoby explores the roots of the anti-Semitism, tracing it from its origins, and shows how it has changed in accordance with the shifting ideas of the modern world but without changing in its essence.

Antisemitism and Modernity is essential reading for those with interests in the development of anti-Semitism, its manifestation in the current world and its future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134384891
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/14/2006
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	319 KB

About the Author

Hyam Maccoby

Table of Contents

1. The Beginnings of Racist Antisemitism in Sixteenth-Century Spain 2. The Reformation 3. The Renaissance 4. The Enlightenment 5. The Nineteenth-Century: Wagner and the Alleged Jewish Threat to Culture 6. Nietzsche and the Jews: A Strange Case 7. Marx and the Beginnings of Leftwing Antisemitism 8. The Darwinist Theorists of Racist Antisemitism: During the Marr 9. The Antisemitism of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound: Cultural Antisemitism of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century 10. Hitler and Nazism: The Avalanche of Hate 11. Western Awareness of Responsibility for Antisemitism 12. Zionism as Attempted Solution to Antisemitism 13. The Jews as Satan in the New Muslim Antisemitic Mythology 14. Prospects for Antisemitism, Factors for Improvement