Interpreting Antisemitism: Studies and Essays on the German Case

Shulamit Volkov

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Interpreting Antisemitism

Studies and Essays on the German Case

Shulamit Volkov

Volume 23 in the series Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110762280

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About this book

Being a historian of Germany and of the German-Jews in modern times, the author has written numerous essays on the history and historiography of Antisemitism in this country. Some of them are rather well-known, such as the essay on "Antisemitism as a Cultural Code", and others were printed in peripheral journals and Festschrifts or were never published in English. Since the phenomenon of Jew-hating is now once again an issue discussed by scholars and non-scholars alike, both in Europe and in the United States, and especially since it now arouses particular interest in the context of the Palestinian fight against Israel, it seems timely to re-publish these essays in a slightly revised form, and attach to them an extended introduction as well as a follow-up essay at the end, updating old notions, reformulating some and adding commentary on controversies that are being conducted today regarding the term Antisemitism, its various contexts and the phenomenon it signifies. Freshly looking at Antisemitism in Germany before, during and after National-Socialism seems to be needed at this point in time.

Offering a critical review of historical writings on Antisemitism
Describing and analyzing Jew-hating since the early 19^th century
Suggesting new ways of conceptualizing and thinking about Antisemitism today

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Shulamit Volkov, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Preliminaries
1 What’s Wrong with the Historiography of Antisemitism? Two Reviews and Two Unanswered Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 The Social and Political Function of Late Nineteenth Century Antisemitism: The Case of the Small Handicraft Masters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 The Immunization of Social Democracy against Antisemitism in Imperial Germany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
II Cultural Code and its Derivatives
4 Antisemitism as a Cultural Code: Reflections on the History and Historiography of Antisemitism in Imperial Germany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5 The Written Matter and the Spoken Word: On the Gap Between Pre-1914 and Nazi Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6 Antisemitism and Anti-Feminism: Cultural Code or Social Norm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7 Readjusting Cultural Codes: Reflections on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism and the Critique of Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
III Revisions and Related Themes
8 Nationalism, Antisemitism and German Historiography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
9 Language as a Locus of Confronting Jews and Judaism in Germany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
10 German Jews: The Temptation of Racism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
11 Interim Balance: Continuity and Discontinuity in the History of German Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
IV In the Context of National Socialism
12 Old and New Approaches to the History of National Socialism: The Double Perspective of Jews and Germans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
13 Antisemitism as Explanation: For and against Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
14 A Comment on Brutal Antisemites and Brutal Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
15 Revisiting Friedländer on Nazi Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
16 Historiography in the Loop: Explaining Nazi Antisemitism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Epilogue
Germany after 1945 or the Return of Cultural Code Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians, Social Scientists, jurists, politicians and political adviser
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 254
Keywords: Antisemitism; Germany; Jewish history; Emancipation

eBook

Published: September 5, 2023
ISBN: 9783110762280

Hardcover

Published: September 5, 2023
ISBN: 9783110762259