Anti-Semitism as lexical 'common knowledge' in the 19th century? - A discourse analysis study based on the example of the article 'Jews' in the Brockhaus Encyclopaedia

Conversational encyclopaedias were considered, in the 19th century, to be a repository of social knowledge. The various encyclopaedias and encyclopaedic dictionaries provided an opportunity to acquire (new) knowledge and to negotiate social knowledge. This book takes this observation as its starting point to explore the social knowledge that may have served as the basis for the new definition of anti-Semitism formulated by Wilhelm Marr in 1879. In an initial field test, this work explores new avenues of insight for anti-Semitism research through a discourse analysis of the article 'Juden' (Jews) in the 19th-century Brockhaus encyclopaedia.

About the author

Lukas Schnürpel, born in Berlin in 1987. Bachelor's degree in History, Sociology and Political Science from Ruhr University Bochum and Dresden University of Technology, followed by a Master's degree in History from Freie Universität Berlin.

Product details

• Authors: Lukas Schnürpel
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2025
• EAN: 9786208989217
• ISBN: 9786208989217
• No. of pages: 96
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918