Whatever happened to antisemitism? : redefinition and the myth of the 'collective Jew'

Whatever happened to antisemitism? : redefinition and the myth of the 'collective Jew' / Antony Lerman.

"Antisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists, and Jewish people themselves are divided over its meaning. Antony Lerman shows that this is a result of a 30-year process of redefinition of the phenomenon, casting Israel, problema...

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Main Author: Lerman, Antony (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Antisemitism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Varieties of Confusion in Understandings of Antisemitism
  • 2. The Use and Abuse of Antisemitic Stereotypes and Tropes
  • 3. Motivated by Antisemitism?: Challenges to Zionism 1975-1989
  • 4. 'New Antisemitism': Competing Narratives and the Consequences of Politicisation
  • 5. The Development of Institutions Combatting Antisemitism 1970s-2000
  • 6. The Turning Point: 'New Antisemitism' and the New Millennium
  • 7. The Codification of 'New Antisemitism': The EUMC 'Working Definition'
  • 8. Responding to 'New Antisemitism': A Transnational Field of Racial Governance
  • 9. The Redefinition Project and the Myth of the 'Collective Jew' Exposed
  • 10. Human Rights: the 'Mask Under Which the Teaching of Antisemitic Contempt for Israel is Carried Out'
  • 11. Geopolitics, Israel and the Authentication of 'New Antisemitism'
  • 12. 'War' Discourse and its Limitations
  • 13. 'Jewish Power', Medical Analogies and 'Eradication' Discourse
  • 14. Apocalypticism: Defining the Discourse, Writing the Headlines and Generating Moral Panics
  • 15. Against Typological Thinking: Summary and Conclusions
  • Appendix: The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.

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