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Record Nr.

UNINA9910372748003321

Autore

Adams Jonathan

Titolo

Antisemitism in the North : History and State of Research / / Jonathan Adams, Cordelia Heß

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2020

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2019]

©2020

ISBN

3-11-063228-4

3-11-063482-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302)

Collana

Religious Minorities in the North ; ; 1

Classificazione

MC 7400

Disciplina

305.892/4048

Soggetti

European history

Religion: general

Jewish studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- 1. Nordic Otherness -- 2. "Untilled Field" or "Barren Terrain"? -- 3. William of Norwich in Iceland -- 4. Iceland -- 5. Beyond Shylock -- 6. Chronicles of a History Foretold -- 7. The Study of Antisemitism in Finland -- 8. A Marginal Phenomenon? -- 9. Norwegian Antisemitism after 1945 -- 10. Antisemitism in Sweden -- 11. Jerusalem in the North Atlantic -- 12. Jews in Greenland -- 13. Antisemitisms in the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is research on antisemitism even necessary in countries with a relatively small Jewish population? Absolutely, as this volume shows. Compared to other countries, research on antisemitism in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) is marginalized at an institutional and staffing level, especially as far as antisemitism beyond German fascism, the Second World War, and the Holocaust is concerned. Furthermore, compared to scholarship on other prejudices and minority groups, issues concerning Jews and anti-Jewish stereotypes remain relatively underresearched in Scandinavia - even though antisemitic stereotypes have been present



and flourishing in the North ever since the arrival of Christianity, and long before the arrival of the first Jewish communities.This volume aims to help bring the study of antisemitism to the fore, from the medieval period to the present day. Contributors from all the Nordic countries describe the status of as well as the challenges and desiderata for the study of antisemitism in their respective countries.