Inside the Antisemitic Mind : The Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany /

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 2...

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Main Authors: Schwarz-Friesel, Monika (Author), Reinharz, Jehuda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Waltham : Brandeis University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of 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.