Antisemitism

An overview of the history and nature of antisemitism from earliest times to the present, from a team of leading international specialists in the field.

written with remarkable objectivity and clarity.

Auteur

Albert S. Lindemann is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of a number of books on nineteenth and twentieth century European history and antisemitism, including Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews (1997) and, most recently, Anti-Semitism before the Holocaust (2000).

Richard S. Levy is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and specializes in the history of antisemitism. He is the author of A Lie and a Libel: The History of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and his most recent publication is Antisemitism: Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution (2005).

Contenu

• Preface

• Introduction

• 1: Albert S. Lindemann: The Jewish Question

• 2: Benjamin Isaac: The Ancient Mediterranean and the Pre-Christian Era

• 3: Philip A. Cunningham: Jews and Christians from the Time of Christ to Constantine's Reign

• 4: Alex Novikoff: The Middle Ages

• 5: Ralph Keen: Antisemitism in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods

• 6: Jonathan Karp: Antisemitism in the Age of Mercantilism

• 7: Adam Sutcliffe: The Enlightenment, French Revolution, Napoleon

• 8: Richard S. Levy: Political Antisemitism in Germany and Austria, 1848-1914

• 9: Richard J. Golsan: Antisemitism in Modern France: Dreyfus, Vichy, and Beyond

• 10: William D. Rubinstein: Antisemitism in the English-Speaking World

• 11: Heinz-Dietrich Löwe: Antisemitism in Russia and the Soviet Union

• 12: Doris L. Bergen: Antisemitism in the Nazi Era

• 13: Norman A. Stillman: Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in the Arab and Islamic World Prior to 1948

• 14: Istvan Deak: Antisemitism in Eastern Europe (excluding Russia and the Soviet Empire) since 1848

• 15: Meir Litvak and Esther Webman: Israel and Antisemitism

• Conclusion: Not the Final Word