Burdens of Brotherhood - Jews and Muslims From North Africa to France

Informationen zum Autor Ethan B. Katz Klappentext Winner of the J. Russell Major Prize, American Historical Association Winner of the David H. Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies Winner of the JDC¿Herbert Katzki Award, National Jewish Book AwardsWinner of the American Library in Paris Book Award A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Headlines from France suggest that Muslims have renewed an age-old struggle against Jews and that the two groups are once more inevitably at odds. But the past tells a different story. The Burdens of Brotherhood is a sweeping history of Jews and Muslims in France from World War I to the present. ¿Katz has uncovered fascinating stories of interactions between Muslims and Jews in France and French colonial North Africa over the past 100 years that defy our expectations¿His insights are absolutely relevant for understanding such recent trends as rising anti-Semitism among French Muslims, rising Islamophobia among French Jews and, to a lesser degree, rising rates of aliyah from France.¿ ¿Lisa M. Leff, Haaretz ¿Katz has written a compelling, important, and timely history of Jewish/Muslim relations in France since 1914 that investigates the ways and venues in which Muslims and Jews interacted in metropolitan France¿This insightful, well-researched, and elegantly written book is mandatory reading for scholars of the subject and for those approaching it for the first time.¿ ¿J. Haus, Choice Zusammenfassung Headlines from France suggest that the country's Jews and Muslims are inevitably at odds. But the past tells a different story. In this sweeping history from World War I to the present! Ethan Katz shows that Jewish-Muslim relations were more complex! shaped by everyday encounters and perceptions of deeply rooted similarities as well as differences.

Product details

• Authors: Ethan B Katz, Ethan B. Katz, Katz Ethan B.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780674984103
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98410-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Islam / History, Islamic Studies, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Archaeology, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic