Language:
Dutch
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen
Angaben zur Quelle:
34,3 (1989) 193-214; 35,1 (1990) 37-57
Keywords:
Durkheim, Émile,
;
Dreyfus, Alfred, Trials, litigation, etc.
;
Trials (Treason)
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Discusses the reactions of Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) to the widespread antisemitism in France during the Dreyfus Affair. Pt. 1 outlines the Dreyfus Affair and elaborates on Durkheim's protest against the verdict. He became an active member of the Ligue pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (founded in 1898) which also acted to revise the verdict against Dreyfus. Durkheim held speeches and published articles on the Affair, and he influenced Jean Jaurès and the socialists to join the Dreyfusards. Pt. 2 examines two articles written by Durkheim in 1898-99 - the first, a protest against the writings of the anti-Dreyfusard Ferdinand Brunetière, and the second, a sociological explanation of antisemitism as resulting from social malaise and destructive passions. Durkheim saw antisemitism as threatening the rights of all people, not only Jews. Contends that antisemitism in France abated when it became clear that the main issue of the Dreyfus Affair was the controversy between clericals and republicans.
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