Language:
German
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Geschichte und Gesellschaft; Zeitschrift für historische Sozialwissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
37,4 (2011) 455-481
Keywords:
Antisemitism Historiography
;
Jews
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Disagrees with dating the beginning of modern antisemitism in Germany at the "Gründerzeit" crisis of 1873, as established by the German historian Hans Rosenberg in his book "Grosse Depression und Bismarckzeit" (1967), which became the standard view in German historiography since. Contends that the rise of modern antisemitism should be examined in relation to changes which occurred in German society and politics after the 1848 Revolution. As an example of antisemitism before 1873, discusses the case of the German Conservative parties. The Conservative parties agitated against the Jews, accusing them of being the dark force behind the liberal, bourgeois, and social transformations taking place in the country which would result in the destruction of the monarchy, of the traditional economy based on agriculture, and of traditional values, such as loyalty, solidarity and paternalism, giving way to capitalistic values characteristic of the Jew: materialism, egoism, and greed for money. This exploitation of anti-Jewish sentiments and stereotypes had the aim of discouraging citizens from voting for the liberal parties in Parliament.
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