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A Very Short Introduction
Steven Beller
ISBN: 9780192892775
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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This Very Short Introduction untangles the history of the phenomenon of antisemitism, focusing on the ideas and conditions that caused the resurgence in the 19th century: from its roots in ancient religious conflict to the pressures of modernization, and the rise of nationalism, Romanticism, and 'scientific' racial ideas. This is a succinct examination of a complex issue, and one which is brought right up to date with a discussion of Holocaust denial, 'anti…
This Very Short Introduction examines and untangles the various strands of antisemitism seen throughout history, from medieval religious conflict to 'new' antisemitism in the 21st century. Steven Beller reveals how the phenomenon grew as a political and ideological movement in the 19th century, how it reached it its dark apogee in the worst genocide in modern history - the Holocaust - and how antisemitism still persists around the world today.
| ISBN | 0192892770 | | Pages | 152 | | ISBN13 | 9780192892775
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 137 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Very Short Introductions | | Publication date | 22 Nov 2007 | | Height (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | 2007030883 | | Width (mm) | 111 | | DEWEY | 305.8924 | | Spine width (mm) | 8 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | List of illustrations | | | | 1 | | What is antisemitism? | | 1 | | 2 | | The burden of the past | | 11 | | 3 | | The Chosen People | | 23 | | 4 | | The culture of irrationalism | | 40 | | 5 | | The perils of modernity | | 55 | | 6 | | Concatenations | | 72 | | 7 | | Consequences | | 86 | | 8 | | After Auschwitz | | 98 | | | | References and further reading | | 120 | | | | Index | | 126 |
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