Preface
1: The New Antisemitism
2: Interpretations of Antisemitism
3: Ancient and Medieval Anti-Judaism
4: The Enlightenment and After
5: Racialism and Jewish Conspiracies
6: Toward the Holocaust
7: Contemporary Antisemitism
8: Assimilation and Its Discontents
9: Antisemitism and the Left
10: Antisemitism and the Muslim World
11: In Place of a Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Walter Laqueur was Co-Chairman of the International Research
Council at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in
Washington D.C. He is the author of many books and has published
numerous articles in such newspapers and periodicals as the New
York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Encounter, and
the New Republic. Laqueur's books and articles have been reprinted
in many countries. His most recent
works include Fascism: Past, Present, and Future and The New
Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction.
"An interesting general analysis of the variations of anti-Semitism
over the past 2000 years.... Laqueur's major strength is his
critique of contemporary issues, especially the role of Israel in
anti-Semitic thought, and the question of the relationship between
anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism."--Library Journal
"Walter Laqueur provides us with powerful new insights into an
age-old problem. Distinguished scholarship and an authoritative
moral voice are the hallmarks of this important book. Anyone
wanting to understand the history and persistence of anti-Jewish
hatred should read it." --Abraham H. Foxman, National Director,
Anti-Defamation League and author of Never Again?: The Threat of
the New Anti-Semitism
"Once more, Walter Laqueur has brought his formidable learning,
incisive style, and sheer brilliance in writing concise and yet
gripping history to a subject matter of extraordinary complexity.
The result is vintage Laqueur and an extremely valuable
contribution to the subject of the history of antisemitism."
--Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish
History, Columbia University
"Walter Laqueur has written a thoughtful book about a difficult
subject, bringing history and his own keen analytical skill
together in a new way. Engagingly written, it offers both an
overview of the past and an analysis of the 'new antisemitism.' He
treats antisemitism sympathetically, even as he largely avoids the
apologetics that characterize so much writing on the subject."
--Mark R. Cohen, author of Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in
the Middle
Ages
"A remarkable and eminently readable review of antisemitism
throughout history from the persecution of the early Israelites in
Egypt to the recent attacks on Jewish targets in twenty-first
century Europe. Laqueur describes with skill and precision
antisemitism's context in every era--be it economic, religious,
social, or political." --Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of
International Jewish Affairs, The American Jewish Committee
"A brilliant, lucid and compelling survey of a social,
psychological, cultural, political and intellectual malady that has
preoccupied and distorted European and Arab societies, Christian
and Muslim civilizations, and both the political right and the
political left. In this short volume, Laqueur provides an elegant,
fast-paced and immensely readable account of a complex, confounding
and still-mutating condition that continues to afflict our world.
This book is
a vital contribution to our understanding of an important and
disturbing dimension of our past--and, as Laqueur so incisively
shows, of our present and our future. There is no other book like
it."
--Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International
Affairs, George Washington University
"Well-researched and written by a very perceptive scholar.
Especially worth reading and contemplating are the chapters on the
modern era."--Washington Jewish Week
"Walter Laqueur provides us with powerful new insights into an
age-old problem. Distinguished scholarship and an authoritative
moral voice are the hallmarks of this important book. Anyone
wanting to understand the history and persistence of anti-Jewish
hatred should read it." --Abraham H. Foxman, National Director,
Anti-Defamation League and author of Never Again?: The Threat of
the New Anti-Semitism
"An interesting general analysis of the variations of anti-Semitism
over the past 2000 years.... Laqueur's major strength is his
critique of contemporary issues, especially the role of Israel in
anti-Semitic thought, and the question of the relationship between
anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism."--Library Journal
"Once more, Walter Laqueur has brought his formidable learning,
incisive style, and sheer brilliance in writing concise and yet
gripping history to a subject matter of extraordinary complexity.
The result is vintage Laqueur and an extremely valuable
contribution to the subject of the history of antisemitism."
--Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish
History, Columbia University
"Walter Laqueur has written a thoughtful book about a difficult
subject, bringing history and his own keen analytical skill
together in a new way. Engagingly written, it offers both an
overview of the past and an analysis of the 'new antisemitism.' He
treats antisemitism sympathetically, even as he largely avoids the
apologetics that characterize so much writing on the subject."
--Mark R. Cohen, author of Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in
the Middle
Ages
"A remarkable and eminently readable review of antisemitism
throughout history from the persecution of the early Israelites in
Egypt to the recent attacks on Jewish targets in twenty-first
century Europe. Laqueur describes with skill and precision
antisemitism's context in every era--be it economic, religious,
social, or political." --Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of
International Jewish Affairs, The American Jewish Committee
"Well-researched and written by a very perceptive scholar.
Especially worth reading and contemplating are the chapters on the
modern era."--Washington Jewish Week
"A brilliant, lucid and compelling survey of a social,
psychological, cultural, political and intellectual malady that has
preoccupied and distorted European and Arab societies, Christian
and Muslim civilizations, and both the political right and the
political left. In this short volume, Laqueur provides an elegant,
fast-paced and immensely readable account of a complex, confounding
and still-mutating condition that continues to afflict our world.
This book is
a vital contribution to our understanding of an important and
disturbing dimension of our past--and, as Laqueur so incisively
shows, of our present and our future. There is no other book like
it."
--Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International
Affairs, George Washington University
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