| Series |
Studies in contemporary antisemitism
Studies in contemporary antisemitism. ^A1467743
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| Contents |
1. Demonization blueprints: Soviet conspiracist Anti-Zionism in contemporary leftwing discourse / Izabella Tabarovsky -- 2. Turning full circle: from the Anti-Nazi league to Corbynism -- how so much of the radical left in the UK abandoned Jews and embraced Antisemitism / Philip Spencer -- 3. Durban anti-Zionism / David Hirsh & Hilary Miller -- 4. Demystifying Antisemitism: a return to critical theory / David Seymour -- 5. Is Palestine a feminist issue? Intersectionality and its discontents / Karin Stögner -- 6. Cancelling Israel and displacing Palestine: narratives of a boycott / John Strawson -- 7. The legal construction of Jewish identity as a "protected characteristic" through an examination of Fraser v UCU (2013), Parker v Sheffield Hallam University 2016, and the Report of the EHRC into Antisemitism in the Labour Party 2020 / Lesley Klaff -- 8. Seven Jewish children and definitions of Antisemitism / Sarah Annes Brown -- 9. Learning and teaching about Antisemitism / Mira Vogel -- 10. Climate catastrophe, the "Zionist entity" and "The German guy": an anatomy of the Malm-Jappe Dispute / Matthew Bolton -- 11. Wither liberal Zionism? / Anthony Julius. |
| Abstract |
"The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century is about the rise of anti-Zionism and Antisemitism in the first two decades of the 21st century, with a focus on the UK. It is written by the activist-intellectuals, both Jewish and not, who led the opposition to the campaign for an academic boycott of Israel. Their experiences convinced them that the boycott movement, and the anti-Zionism upon which it was based, was fuelled by, and in turn fuelled, Antisemitism. The book shows how the level of hostility towards Israel exceeded the hostility which is levelled against other states. And it shows how the quality of that hostility tended to resonate with Antisemitic tropes, images and emotions. Anti-Zionism positioned Israel as symbolic of everything that good people oppose, it made Palestinians into an abstract symbol of the oppressed, and it positioned most Jews as saboteurs of social 'progress'. The book shows how Antisemitism broke into mainstream politics and how it contaminated the Labour Party as it made a bid for Downing Street. This book will be of interest to scholars and students researching anti-Zionism, Antisemitism and the Labour Party in the UK"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Rebirth of antisemitism in the 21st century First. New York : Routledge, 2023 9781003222477 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2023026079 |
| ISBN | 9781032116624 |
| ISBN | 9781032119793 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1032119799 |
| ISBN | 1032116625 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
