Toward a Definition of Antisemitism (Paper only)

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-520-06143-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Toward a Definition of Antisemitism offers new contributions by Gavin I. Langmuir to the history of antisemitism, together with some that have been published separately. The collection makes Langmuir's innovative work on the subject available to scholars in medieval and Jewish history and religious studies. The underlying question that unites the book is: what is antisemitism, where and when did it emerge, and why? After two chapters that highlight the failure of historians until recently to depict Jews and attitudes toward them fairly, the majority of the chapters are historical studies of crucial developments in the legal status of Jews and in beliefs about them during the Middle Ages. Two concluding chapters provide an overview. In the first, the author summarizes the historical developments, indicating concretely when and where antisemitism as he defines it emerged. In the second, Langmuir criticizes recent theories about prejudice and racism and develops his own general theory about the nature and dynamics of antisemitism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langmuir, Gavin I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antisemitismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. HISTORIOGRAPHY
1. Majority History and Post-Biblical Jews
2. Tradition, History, and Prejudice
Part II. ANTI-JUDAISM
3. Anti-Judaism as the Necessary Preparation for Antisemitism
4. The Transformation of Anti-Judaism
5. Doubt in Christendom
Part III. JEWISH LEGAL STATUS
6. "Judei nostri" and the Beginning of Capetian Legislation
7. "Tanquam servi": The Change in Jewish Legal Status in French Law about 1200
Part IV. IRRATIONAL FANTASIES
8. Peter the Venerable: Defense Against Doubts
9. Thomas of Monmouth: Detector of Ritual Murder
10. The Knight's Tale of Young Hugh Lincoln
11. Ritual Cannibalism
12. Historiographic Crucifixion
Part V. ANTISEMITISM
13. Medieval Antisemitism
14. Toward a Definition of Antisemitism

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin I. Langmuir, a distinguished medievalist, is Professor of History at Stanford University. He has in preparation a third book on the formation of antisemitism, aimed at a more general audience.