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OLD DEMONS, NEW DEBATES
Anti-Semitism in the West
David I. Kertzer, Editor
This book offers a provocative new view of the recent upsurge of anti-Semitism in the West. The authors -- including both well-known public intellectuals and major scholars -- address themselves to a broad audience. They describe the new anti-Semitism and show how it draws on older forms of Jew hatred while being fueled by both anti -Americanism and anti-Zionism. Special attention is paid to the situation in Europe -- with a particular emphasis on France and Britian -- and the United States. As the authors show, the new anti-Semitism, far from being the exclusive province of the ignorant and unlettered, is nourished by intellectuals and elites.
Is anti-Semitism really no longer a danger? Or are the demons back? OLD DEMONS is sure to trigger heated new debates on this crucial issue.
"This is a useful and well-organized survey. It should be part of any collection dealing with contemporary Judaism."
—AJL Newsletter
Table of Contents
— David I. Kertzer
— Leon Wieseltier
2. The New Anti-Semitism: Genealogy and Implications
— Omer Bartov
3. The End of Politics
— Mark Lilla
4. Zionism and Anti-Semitism
— Hillel Halkin
5. Israel, Globalization, and Anti-Semitism in Europe
— Fiamma Nierenstein
6. Anti-Semitism and the English Intelligentsia
— Anthony Julius
7. Playground for Jihad? The Case of Great Britain
— Robert S. Wistrich
8. The Retreat of the Strong State and the New Anti-Semitic Mobilization in France
— Pierre Birnbaum
9. Esau Can Change, but Will We Notice?
— Konstanty Gebert
10. Telling the Past Anew: Recent Polish Debates on Anti-Semitism
— Jaroslaw Anders
11. Anti-Semitism and the Vatican Today
— David I. Kertzer
12. Holocaust Denial
— Deborah Lipstadt
13. Anti-Semitism in the United States
— Nathan Glazer
14. The Globalization of Anti-Semitism
— Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
229 pp • index
ISBN 0-8419-1443-5 • $35.00 (cloth)
ISBN 0-8419-1439-7 • $15.00 (paper)