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On the origins of Jewish self-hatred /

Today, the term ""Jewish self-hatred"" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. In On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred, Paul Reitter demonstrat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reitter, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersy : Princeton University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Today, the term ""Jewish self-hatred"" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. In On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred, Paul Reitter demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. He traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came, in 1930, to write a book that popula.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400841882
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