Language:
German
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,2 (2000) 204-236
Keywords:
Altermatt, Urs.
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Blaschke, Olaf,
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Antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Church history 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Blaschke (on pp. 205-217) accuses Altermatt of using central theses and models from Blaschke's "Katholizismus und Antisemitismus im Deutschen Kaiserreich" (1997) in his "Katholizismus und Antisemitismus" (1999) and representing them as important innovations of his own. In particular, he notes that Altermatt adopts, without acknowledgment, Blaschke's model of a "dual antisemitism": an anti-Judaism promoted by the Church, based on traditional doctrines and superstititons supplemented by fears of modernization, "Verjudung", Jewish financial power and world conspiracy; and racist antisemitism, which is contrary to Catholic doctrine though accepted by many Catholics. Altermatt replies (pp. 218-236) that his work deals with a different country and period (Switzerland, 1918-1945) than Blaschke's (Imperial Germany), and that the innovative contribution of his study is his use of Swiss sources, including folkloristic ones ignored by Blaschke. He contends that in comparative studies it is natural for writers to use the same categories and terminology; the idea of a "dual antisemitism" is already found in turn-of-the-century Catholic handbooks.
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