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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806205903321

Autore

Beller Steven <1958->

Titolo

Antisemitism [[electronic resource] ] : a very short introduction / / Steven Beller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-14704-4

9786611147044

0-19-151815-8

1-4356-0948-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Collana

Very short introductions  Antisemitism

Disciplina

305.892/4

Soggetti

Antisemitism

Prejudices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

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

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 What is antisemitism?; 2 The burden of the past; 3 The Chosen People; 4 The culture of irrationalism; 5 The perils of modernity; 6 Concatenations; 7 Consequences; 8 After Auschwitz; References and further reading; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Antisemitism has been a chillingly persistent presence throughout the last millennium, culminating in the dark apogee of the Holocaust. Steven Beller examines and untangles the history of the phenomenon: from medieval religious conflict, to its growth as a political and ideological movement in the 19th century, and 'new' antisemitism today. - ;This Very Short Introduction examines and untangles the various strands of antisemitism seen throughout history, from medieval religious conflict to 'new' antisemitism in the 21st century. Steven Beller reveals how the phenomenon grew as a political and