Definition of Anti-Semitism

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-937564-6
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

What is anti-Semitism? The Definition of Anti-Semitism is the first book-length study to explore this central question in the context of the new anti-Semitism. Previous efforts to define 'anti-Semitism' have been complicated by the disreputable origins of the term, the discredited sources of its etymology, the diverse manifestations of the concept, and the contested politics of its applications. Nevertheless the task is an important one, not only because definitional clarity is required for the term to be understood, but also because the current conceptual confusion prevents resolution of many incidents in which anti-Semitism is manifested. The Definition of Anti-Semitism explores the various ways in which anti-Semitism has historically been defined, demonstrates the weaknesses in prior efforts, and develops a new definition of anti-Semitism, especially in the context of the 'new anti-Semitism' in American higher education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marcus, Kenneth L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements

- Introduction

- Chapter One: Attitude, Behavior, and Ideology

- Chapter Two: Race and Religion

- Chapter Three: Time and Eternity

- Chapter Four: Universality and Particularity

- Chapter Five: Jewish Identity and the Figural Jew

- Chapter Six: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism

- Notes

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Former Staff Director of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; former Lllie and Nathan Ackerman Chair in Equality and Justice in America, Baruch College School of Public Affairs; currently President and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; author of Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010)