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UNINA9910809632503321 |
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Autore |
Laqueur Walter <1921-2018.> |
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Titolo |
The changing face of antisemitism : from ancient times to the present day / / Walter Laqueur |
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New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-984057-1 |
1-283-09808-3 |
9786613098085 |
0-19-977473-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 228 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Antisemitism - History |
Christianity and antisemitism |
Judaism - Relations - Christianity |
Christianity and other religions - Judaism |
Judaism - Relations - Islam |
Islam - Relations - Judaism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2008. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The new antisemitism -- Interpretations of antisemitism -- Ancient and medieval anti-Judaism -- Enlightenment and after -- Racialism and Jewish conspiracies -- Towards the Holocaust -- Contemporary antisemitism -- Assimilation and its discontents -- Antisemitism and the left -- Antisemitism and the Muslim world. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For thirty years the director of the Wiener Library in London-the leading institute for the study of anti-Semitism-Walter Laqueur here offers both a comprehensive history of anti-Semitism as well as an illuminating look at the newest wave of this phenomenon. Laqueur begins with an invaluable historical account of this pernicious problem, tracing the evolution from a predominantly religious anti-Semitism-stretching back to the middle ages-to a racial anti-Semitism that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author then uses this historical account as backdrop to a brilliant analysis of the newest species of anti-Semitism, explaining its origins and rationale, |
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