LEADER 03302nam 22005052 450 001 9910159441603321 005 20170606160620.0 010 $a1-78694-409-X 010 $a1-78138-121-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018980 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781381212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779113 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001718595 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018980 100 $a20170307d2016|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIs theory good for the Jews? $eFrench thought and the challenge of the new antisemitism /$fBruno Chaouat$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 262 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v43 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017). 311 $a1-78962-049-X 311 $a1-78138-334-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue: A Farewell to Theory; Introduction: Is Theory Good for the Jews?; 1 Specters of Heidegger; 2 The Moralistic Turn: Radical Social Critique, Literary Terror, and Antisemitism after Toulouse; 3 Dangerous Parallels: The Holocaust, the Colonial Turn, and the New Antisemitism; 4 Theory's Operation Shylock; Divertimento; Part I: Antisemitism Denial; Intermezzo: Have French Jews Turned to the Right?; Part II: Jew-Splitting in Judith Butler's Parting Ways; Postscript: Theorizing Antisemitic Laughter; Envoy: Adieu to France?; Index Nominium. 330 $aIs Theory Good for the Jews? is the first attempt at exploring the cultural, intellectual, literary, and ideological roots of French engagement with the global and local upsurge of antisemitism in the 21st century. It is also the first attempt at analyzing the French responses to this new crisis. Chaouat endeavors to understand phenomena of repression, distortion, perversion, or outright denial, within the specific context of French intellectual and cultural history. By looking back to the 1960s and the emergence of a theoretical discourse on trauma, victims and suffering, the Holocaust and the Jews in literature, philosophy, and literary theory, he offer the first in-depth exploration of the cultural roots of French responses to the new antisemitism. Engaging with the work of major thinkers such as Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Franc?ois Lyotard, Is Theory Good for the Jews? is an essential texts for scholars of contemporary French and contemporary Jewish Studies. 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v43. 606 $aAntisemitism$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAntisemitism$zFrance$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aJews$zFrance$xPublic opinion 615 0$aAntisemitism$xHistory 615 0$aAntisemitism$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xPublic opinion. 676 $a305.892/4044 700 $aChaouat$b Bruno$01208515 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159441603321 996 $aIs theory good for the Jews$92787992 997 $aUNINA