Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Social Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
10,2 (2004) 179-214
Keywords:
Simmel, Georg,
;
Žižek, Slavoj
;
Sartre, Jean-Paul,
;
Antisemitism Philosophy
;
Antisemitism History 1500-
Abstract:
Analyzes use of "the Jew" as a heuristic device in the theories of identity formation of Georg Simmel, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Slavoj Žižek. The three social philosophers all propose a concept of negative identity formation that they exemplify by alluding to the Jew to show that identity is socially determined. Simmel developed a theory of stereotypes, illustrated by showing how the Jew is identified with the stranger. Sartre stressed how the antisemite projects his own problems onto the Jew. Žižek sees the Jew as determined by language, noting that the antisemite uses basically Christian language to stigmatize the Jew. Observes that Zizek's stereotypical-anecdotal references to the Jews in his early works reappear in his later works focusing on Israelis.
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