Read more
Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Adams is a researcher for the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, and docent in the Department of Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University. Cordelia Heß is Professor of Nordic History at the University of Greifswald. Klappentext This book presents a fresh approach to the question of the historical continuities and discontinuities of Jew-hatred, juxtaposing chapters dealing with the same phenomenon - one in the pre-modern, one in the modern period. How do the circumstances of interreligious violence differ in pre-Reformation Europe, the modern Muslim world, and the modern Western world? In addition to the diachronic comparison, most chapters deal with the significance of religion for the formation of anti-Jewish stereotypes. The direct dialogue of small-scale studies bridging the chronological gap brings out important nuances: anti-Zionist texts appropriating medieval ritual murder accusations; modern-day pogroms triggered by contemporary events but fuelled by medieval prejudices; and contemporary stickers drawing upon long-inherited knowledge about what a "Jew" looks like. These interconnections, however, differ from the often-assumed straightforward continuities between medieval and modern anti-Jewish hatred. The book brings together many of the most distinguished scholars of this field, creating a unique dialogue between historical periods and academic disciplines. Zusammenfassung This book presents a fresh approach to the question of the historical continuities and discontinuities of Jew-hatred with discussions of antisemitic phenomenon in the pre-modern and modern periods. Articles include analyses of blood libel, visual stereotypes, anti-Jewish violence, Christian and Muslim antisemitism, and antisemitism without Jews across the centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Volcanic Archives: Towards a Direct Comparison of Pre-Modern and Modern Forms of Antisemitism Jonathan Adams and Cordelia Heß Part I: Longest Hatred versus Invented Tradition 2. The Medieval (and Ancient) Roots of Antisemitism Steven Englund 3. The Making of Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century Europe as an Invention of Tradition Ulrich Wyrwa 4. What is Antisemitism Like?: An Analogical Approach Brian Klug Part II: Antisemitism Without Jews 5. Reception of Medieval European Anti-Jewish Concepts in Late Medieval and Early Modern Norway Yvonne Friedman 6. The Imitation Game?: Japanese Attitudes Towards Jews in Modern Times Rotem Kowner Part III: Christianity and Antisemitism 7. The Role of Medieval Northern Europe in Generating Virulent Anti-Jewish Imagery Robert Chazan 8. Between Anti- and Another Modernity: Anti-Judaism, the Imaginary Jew, and Catholic Antisemitism in Fin-de-Siècle Poland (1880-1914) Grzegorz Krzywiec 9. The Gospel According to Gibson: Medieval Passion Plays, a Mean-Spirited Nun, and What One Movie Can Tell Us about Jewish-Christian Relations at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century Jonathan Adams Part IV: Islam and Antisemitism 10. Narrating Antisemitism in Historical and Contemporary Turkey Behruz Davletov and Tahir Abbas 11. Arab Antisemitic Discourse: Importation, Internalisation, and Recycling Esther Webman Part V: Bodies, Gender, and Antisemitism 12. What's in a Nose? The Origins, Development, and Influence of Medieval Anti-Jewish Caricature Sara Lipton 13. Jewish Bodies in Postcards and Street Art: Changes in Anti-Jewish Visual Polemics Isabel Enzenbach 14. Masculinities, Carnal Israel, and Antisemitisms Victor Seidler Part VI: Blood Libel and Ritual Murder Allegations 15. The Ritual Murder Accusation as Medieval Invention: Linking Libels and Boy Martyrs Miriamne Ara Krummel 16. Norwich 1144: Origins and Afterlives Miri Rubin 17. A Rational Mode...
