Antisemitism - Info and Reading Options

its history and causes

By Bernard Lazare

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"Antisemitism" was published by University of Nebraska Press in 1995 - Lincoln, NE, it has 208 pages and the language of the book is English.

“Antisemitism” Metadata:

Title: Antisemitism
Author: Bernard Lazare
Language: English
Number of Pages: 208
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publish Date: 1995
Publish Location: Lincoln, NE

“Antisemitism” Subjects and Themes:

Subjects: ➤ Antisemitism - History - Jews - Politics and government - Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Economic conditions - Social conditions - Intellectual life - Education - Jewish question - Legal status, laws
Places: France

Edition Specifications:

Pagination: xx, 208 p. ;

Edition Identifiers:

The Open Library ID: OL1274146M - OL3094656W
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 32131618
Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 95005651
ISBN-10: 080327954X
All ISBNs: 080327954X

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Snippets and Summary:

To make the history of antisemitism complete, omitting none of the manifestations of this sentiment and following its divers phases and modifications, it is necessary to go into the history of Israel since its dispersion, or, more properly speaking, since the beginning of its expansion beyond the boundaries of Palestine.

"Antisemitism" Description:

The Open Library:

Bernard Lazare's controversial magnum opus, originally published in France in 1894, asks why the Jews have aroused such hatred for three thousand years. The journalist, though severed from his Jewish upbringing, was fiercely committed to social justice and could not ignore a shocking antisemitism in the fin-de-siecle circles he knew. In searching for its historic causes, he was also searching for his own roots and place in the world. Lazare begins his "impartial study" by considering whatever in the Jewish character might be to blame for antisemitism. Then he looks outward to those nations among which the Israelites dispersed, examining the different faces of antisemitism from Greco-Roman antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century. Lazare brings his research and study to bear on whatever form antisemitism has taken: ethnic, nationalist, economic, social, literary, philosophical. Recognizing that antisemitism is fundamentally based on fear of the stranger and the need for a scapegoat, Lazare concludes with a surprising scenario for the future. This remarkable book conveys Lazare's own spiritual growth. France's Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s would galvanize him to a passionate battle against antisemitism.