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From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel
Robert S. Wistrich
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Description for From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel
Hardback. First study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1142.
From Ambivalence to Betrayal is the first study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel since the origins of European socialism in the 1840s until the present. This pathbreaking synthesis reveals a striking continuity in negative stereotypes of Jews, contempt for Judaism, and negation of Jewish national self-determination from the days of Karl Marx to the current left-wing intellectual assault on Israel. World-renowned expert on the history of antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich provides not only a powerful analysis of how and why the Left emerged as a spearhead of anti-Israel sentiment but ... Read more
From Ambivalence to Betrayal is the first study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel since the origins of European socialism in the 1840s until the present. This pathbreaking synthesis reveals a striking continuity in negative stereotypes of Jews, contempt for Judaism, and negation of Jewish national self-determination from the days of Karl Marx to the current left-wing intellectual assault on Israel. World-renowned expert on the history of antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich provides not only a powerful analysis of how and why the Left emerged as a spearhead of anti-Israel sentiment but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
648
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Studies in Antisemitism
Condition
New
Weight
1171g
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803240766
SKU
V9780803240766
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About Robert S. Wistrich
Robert S. Wistrich (1945–2015) was the Neuburger Professor of European and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism. He is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad (2010) and Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and ... Read more
Reviews for From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel
"This is a magisterial work, providing a comprehensive understanding of the origins of the most pernicious challenges currently facing the Jewish people, especially those originating from the enemy within."—Isi Leibler, Jerusalem Post "With this politically urgent and morally compelling study, Wistrich offers a thoroughly researched and demystifying exploration of leftist biases, stereotypes and delusions regarding Jews, Judaism and the state ... Read more