State, the Nation, and the Jews - Liberalism and the Antisemitism Dispute in Bismarck''s Germany

Informationen zum Autor Marcel Stoetzler is a senior lecturer in sociology at Bangor University, UK, working on social theory and intellectual history. He has a strong interest in Critical Theory, especially Adorno; feminist theory; and the theory and history of antisemitism, especially in relation to liberalism and nationalism.   Klappentext The State, the Nation, and the Jews is a study of Germany's late nineteenth-century antisemitism dispute and of the liberal tradition that engendered it. The Berlin Antisemitism Dispute began in 1879 when a leading German liberal, Heinrich von Treitschke, wrote an article supporting anti-Jewish activities that seemed at the time to gel into an antisemitic "movement." Treitschke's comments immediately provoked a debate within the German intellectual community. Responses from supporters and critics alike argued the relevance, meaning, and origins of this "new" antisemitism. Ultimately the Dispute was as much about Germans and how they could best consolidate their recently formed national state as about Jews and those who hated them. Treitschke's liberal antisemitism threw into sharp relief the antinomies inherent in the modern constellation of state, culture, and society.In a newly united Germany the Dispute forced the intellectual community to question the parameters of national identity. Born within the liberal tradition that, at the time, mostly championed Jewish emancipation, the Dispute's core question was how state, nation, race, ethnicity, and religion should relate to one another. From a close analysis of the crucial contributions to the debate, Marcel Stoetzler crafts a compelling critique of liberalism and liberal notions of national identity. The specifics of the Dispute raise uncomfortable questions about the role of race, religion, and ethnicity within modern liberalism. The Dispute provides an avenue for understanding the development of antisemitism within liberal society and, ultimately, is an indictment of liberalism itself. Zusammenfassung Provides a study of Germany's late nineteenth-century antisemitism dispute and of the liberal tradition that engendered it. The Berlin Antisemitism Dispute began in 1879 when a leading German liberal, Heinrich von Treitschke, wrote an article supporting anti-Jewish activities that seemed at the time to gel into an antisemitic “movement”. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments   Introduction      Part 1. The Berlin Antisemitism Dispute   1. Liberals, Antisemites, and "Educated Men"    2. Jew-hatred and Nationality 3. German-Jewish "Mixed Culture"    4. State, Nation, Race, Religion    5. Emancipation, Assimilation, and the Concept of Rights    6. The Riddle of Treitschke's Intentions  7. Dissent and Consensus in the Berlin Antisemitism Dispute Part 2. The State, the Nation, and the Jews     8. Antisemitism   9. Liberalism and National Liberalism     10. Nationalism and the Reich of 1871     Conclusion: Antisemitism and the Limits of Liberal Society  Appendixes1. Heinrich von Treitschke's "Our Prospects" (1879)   2. Moritz Lazarus's "What Does National Mean? A Lecture" (1880)   3. Open Letter on the Jews by Löb Baruch (Dr. Ludwig Börne) to the Member of the German Reichstag and Heidelberg Professor Dr. Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (Berlin, 1880)    4. The Berlin Antisemitism Dispute in the Literature  Notes Bibliography      Index ...

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• Authors: Marcel Stoetzler
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780803216259
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-1625-9
• No. of pages: 540
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism