Inside the Antisemitic Mind : The Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany / Monika Schwarz-Friesel and Jehuda Reinharz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Waltham : Brandeis University Press, [2016]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©[2016]Description: 1 online resource (427 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611689853
Uniform titles:
  • Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. English
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Contents:
1 Introduction The Need for This Book -- 2 Hostility toward Jews and Language Verbal Imposition of Power and Violence -- 3 Hostile Stereotypes of Jews and Their Historical Roots -- 4 Present-Day Verbalization of Stereotypes -- 5 Echo of the Past -- 6 Anti-Israelism as a Modern Variant of Verbal Antisemitism The Modern Conceptualization of the Collective Jew -- 7 A Comparison with Other Countries in Europe Results of a Contrastive Analysis -- 8 The Emotional Basis of Modern Hostility toward Jews -- 9 Acts of Verbal Violence -- 10 Textual Strategies and Patterns of Argumentation -- Appendix The Basic Corpus -- Letters to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, 2002 -- 2012.
Summary: Antisemitism is on the rise in Europe, sometimes manifest in violent acts against Jews, but more commonly noticeable in everyday discourse. This innovative empirical study examines written examples of antisemitism in contemporary Germany. Drawing on 14,000 letters and e-mails sent between 2002 and 2012 to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli embassy in Berlin, as well communications sent between 2010 and 2011 to Israeli embassies across Europe, the authors show how language plays a crucial role in activating antisemitism across a broad spectrum of social classes, investigate the role of emotions in antisemitic argumentation patterns, and analyze "anti-Israelism" as the dominant form of contemporary hatred of Jews.
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1 Introduction The Need for This Book -- 2 Hostility toward Jews and Language Verbal Imposition of Power and Violence -- 3 Hostile Stereotypes of Jews and Their Historical Roots -- 4 Present-Day Verbalization of Stereotypes -- 5 Echo of the Past -- 6 Anti-Israelism as a Modern Variant of Verbal Antisemitism The Modern Conceptualization of the Collective Jew -- 7 A Comparison with Other Countries in Europe Results of a Contrastive Analysis -- 8 The Emotional Basis of Modern Hostility toward Jews -- 9 Acts of Verbal Violence -- 10 Textual Strategies and Patterns of Argumentation -- Appendix The Basic Corpus -- Letters to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, 2002 -- 2012.

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Antisemitism is on the rise in Europe, sometimes manifest in violent acts against Jews, but more commonly noticeable in everyday discourse. This innovative empirical study examines written examples of antisemitism in contemporary Germany. Drawing on 14,000 letters and e-mails sent between 2002 and 2012 to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli embassy in Berlin, as well communications sent between 2010 and 2011 to Israeli embassies across Europe, the authors show how language plays a crucial role in activating antisemitism across a broad spectrum of social classes, investigate the role of emotions in antisemitic argumentation patterns, and analyze "anti-Israelism" as the dominant form of contemporary hatred of Jews.

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