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Philosemitism in history /

"Too often philosemitism, the idealization of Jews and Judaism, has been simplistically misunderstood as merely antisemitism in sheep's clothing. This book takes a different approach, surveying the phenomenon from antiquity to the present day, and highlighting its rich complexity and broad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Karp, Jonathan, 1960-, Sutcliffe, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: a brief history of philosemitism / Adam Sutcliffe and Jonathan Karp
  • Part I. Medieval and Early Modern Frameworks: 1. Philosemitic tendencies in medieval western Christendom / Robert Chazan
  • 2. The revival of Christian Hebraism in early modern Europe / Abraham Melamed
  • 3. The philosemitic moment? Judaism and republicanism in seventeenth-century European thought / Adam Sutcliffe
  • Part II. Three European Philosemites: 4. William Whiston's Judeo-Christianity: millenarianism and Christian Zionism in early enlightenment England / Adam Shear
  • 5. A friend of the Jews? The Abbe Gregoire and philosemitism in revolutionary France / Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
  • 6. Ordinary people, ordinary Jews: Mór Jókai as Magyar philosemite / Howard Lupovitch
  • Part III. The Cultural Politics of Philosemitism in Victorian Britain and Imperial Germany: 7. Bad Jew / good Jewess: gender and semitic discourse in nineteenth-century England / Nadia Valman
  • 8. Anti'philosemitism' and anti-antisemitism in imperial Germany / Lars Fischer
  • 9. From recognition to consensus: the nature of philosemitism in Germany, 1871-1932 / Alan T. Levenson
  • Part IV. American Philosemitism: 10. Ethnic role models and chosen peoples: philosemitism in African-American culture / Jonathan Karp
  • 11. Connoisseurs of angst: the Jewish mystique and postwar American literary culture / Julian Levinson
  • 12. 'It's all in the Bible': evangelical Christians, biblical literalism and philosemitism in our times / Yaakov Ariel
  • Part V. Philosemitism in Post-Holocaust Europe: 13. What is the opposite of genocide? Philosemitic television in Germany, 1963-1995 / Wulf Kansteiner
  • 14. 'Non-Jewish, non kosher, yet also recommended': beyond 'virtually Jewish' in post-millenium Central Europe / Ruth Ellen Gruber.