Author : Wolfgang Benz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Antisemitismus und "Islamkritik" by : Wolfgang Benz
Download or read book Antisemitismus und "Islamkritik" written by Wolfgang Benz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begins by tracing the development of antisemitism from anti-Jewish religious resentment in the ancient and medieval periods to modern racist antisemitism in the 19th century (with a focus on Germany), ideological antisemitism which led to Nazism, and antisemitism after the Holocaust. Ch. 2 (pp. 56-75) discusses research on antisemitism at the Technische Universität Berlin - a farewell address delivered by Benz upon his retirement in October 2010. Relates to "Antisemitismusforschung" as an academic field and a social task, focusing on prejudices and stereotypes, theories of anti-Judaism, antisemitism as a paradigm, and fear of the "other" and its traditions. The following three chapters deal with Holocaust denial (noting that it is penalized in most European countries); aspects of research on genocide (including possibilities of and limitations on prevention of antisemitism); and formation of the image of the Islamic enemy in Germany, and its connections with antisemitism in the early 2000s.