Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Theoretical Inquiries in Law
Angaben zur Quelle:
8,1 (2007) 221-250
Schlagwort(e):
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
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Shehitah
Kurzfassung:
Discusses modernity as a radical transformation in both law and politics. As an example, examines the changing relationship between animals and humans through analysis of different strategies adopted by reformers on the issue of slaughtering and by their opponents, specifically in Germany of the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Notes that the most avid proponents of the regulation of slaughterhouses were not the humanitarian societies for the protection of animals, but rather antisemites who seized upon the opportunity to condemn traditional Jewish practices. The opposition of antisemites to Jewish ritual slaughter of animals, "shehitah" (highlighted on pp. 236-240), was part of a larger campaign launched by antisemitic parliament members against Jewish political emancipation. In the end, the majority of the Reichstag agreed that slaughterhouses should be regulated, but that special exemptions should be granted to Jews who wished to maintain their religious practices.
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