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Is Theory Good for the Jews?: French Thought and the Challenge of the New Antisemitism (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
Bruno Chaouat
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Description for Is Theory Good for the Jews?: French Thought and the Challenge of the New Antisemitism (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
Hardcover. Exploring the cultural, intellectual, literary, and ideological roots of French engagement with the global and local upsurge of antisemitism in the 21st century, this book endeavors to understand phenomena of repression, distortion, perversion, or outright denial, within the specific context of French intellectual and cultural history. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
For at least fifteen years, any keen observer of European society has been aware that antisemitism is no longer a matter of racial theory, nationalism, or exclusion of the 'other.' While in the past antisemites saw Jews as all too modern 'rootless cosmopolitans' (to use Stalin's expression), today's European antisemitism construes them as obsolete precisely because they are attached to their roots, their land, their community, their origin. The Jews are now perceived as a reactionary force that hinders the progress of humankind toward multiculturalism, understood as the peaceful, infinitely enriching coexistence of ethnicities, races, religions, and cultures within the ... Read more
For at least fifteen years, any keen observer of European society has been aware that antisemitism is no longer a matter of racial theory, nationalism, or exclusion of the 'other.' While in the past antisemites saw Jews as all too modern 'rootless cosmopolitans' (to use Stalin's expression), today's European antisemitism construes them as obsolete precisely because they are attached to their roots, their land, their community, their origin. The Jews are now perceived as a reactionary force that hinders the progress of humankind toward multiculturalism, understood as the peaceful, infinitely enriching coexistence of ethnicities, races, religions, and cultures within the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781383346
SKU
V9781781383346
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About Bruno Chaouat
Bruno Chaouat is Professor of French at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Is Theory Good for the Jews?: French Thought and the Challenge of the New Antisemitism (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures)
'Bruno Chaouat's Is Theory Good for the Jews? is well-written, well-researched, and deeply felt. Chaouat is an established scholar and Professor at the University of Minnesota whose work is at the intersection of French literature and thought and Holocaust and Jewish Studies.' Brett Ashley Kaplan, University of Illinois, H-France Review 'It is a final, telling indictment of Theory ... Read more