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Record Nr.

UNISA996248110403316

Autore

Langmuir Gavin I

Titolo

Toward a definition of antisemitism / / Gavin I. Langmuir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1996, c1990

ISBN

9780520908512

0-585-18150-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 417 p. )

Soggetti

Antisemitism

Christianity and antisemitism

Jews - Legal status, laws, etc - France

Blood accusation

Antisemitism - Legal status, laws, etc - France

Jews

Middle East

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

France Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-400) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Toward a Definition of Antisemitism offers new contributions by Gavin I. Langmuir to the history of antisemitism, together with some that have been published separately. The collection makes Langmuir's innovative work on the subject available to scholars in medieval and Jewish history and religious studies. The underlying question that unites the book is: what is antisemitism, where and when did it emerge, and why? After two chapters that highlight the failure of historians until recently to depict Jews and attitudes toward them fairly, the majority of the chapters are historical studies of crucial developments in the legal status of Jews and in beliefs about them during the Middle Ages. Two concluding chapters provide an overview. In the first, the author summarizes the historical developments, indicating concretely when



and where antisemitism as he defines it emerged. In the second, Langmuir criticizes recent theories about prejudice and racism and develops his own general theory about the nature and dynamics of antisemitism.