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Informationen zum Autor Bernard Harrison Klappentext In recent years Western countries have seen a proliferation of antisemitic material in social media, and attacks on Jews such as that on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. Much of this has stemmed, not from personal hostility to Jews on the part of this or that individual, but from a resurgence in groups at both ends of politics of the ancient delusion that "the Jews" collectively dominate world affairs and lie at the root of all the world's evils. In Blaming the Jews author Bernard Harrison, offers a new and unique analysis of this second and far more dangerous form of antisemitism and its persistence as a cultural phenomenon. Questioning the assumption that antisemitism affects or targets only Jews, he demonstrates that, allowed to go unrecognised or unchecked, antisemitism is potentially damaging to us all. In a world where rhetoric is fashioned on stereotypes and driven by political ideology, Harrison argues it is our responsibility to be vigilant in exposing the delusions of antisemitism and their consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike. Zusammenfassung In Blaming the Jews, author Bernard Harrison offers a new and unique analysis of the nature of antisemitism and its persistence as a cultural phenomenon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction I. Varieties of Antisemitism 1. Hamas Addresses the Jewish Question 2. "Profiting" from the Holocaust 3. Questions of Definition II. Why the Jews? 4. The Disease Metaphor 5. An Obstinate People III. Is Israel "illegitimate"? 6. Accusation and Narrative 7. Narrative and Reality 8. The Legacy of 1967 9. Is "Anti-Zionism" Antisemitic? 10. Israel, the Left and the Universities IV. Judaism Defaced 11. A Primitive Religion? 12. Mitzva and Moral Theory. 13. What's Wrong With Universalism? V. Antisemitism as a Problem for Non-Jews 14. Jew-Baiting on Campus 15. Defamation Disguised 16. Judgement Unhinged Bibliography Index ...
