Handbuch des Antisemitismus [[electronic resource] ] : Judenfeindschaft in Geschichte und Gegenwart / / Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Benz. Band 3, Begriffe, Theorien, Ideologien

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780718803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-16548-1; 9786613165480; 3-11-023379-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Collana: Handbuch des Antisemitismus
• Classificazione: NY 8000
• Altri autori (Persone): BenzWolfgang
• Disciplina: 305.8924
• Soggetti: Antisemitism - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- A-K -- L-Z -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: The third volume covers terms, theories and ideologies of anti-Semitism from A as in ?"Abwehr" (resistance) to Z as in "Zwangstaufe" (forced baptism). In 150 articles 88 authors explain terms and metaphors such as "Aryan Acts", "race defilers" and "usurer-Jew"as well as stereotypes like "well poisoning", "host desecration" and "decide". The volume also explores phenomena such as redemptive anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and hostility towards Jews in antiquity. Furthermore, the handbook extensively discusses theories, research strategies and political contexts of hostility towards Jews, e.g.