
Politics and Resentment : Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union.
Title:
Politics and Resentment : Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union.
Author:
Rensmann, Lars.
ISBN:
9789004190474
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (516 pages)
Series:
Jewish Identities in a Changing World ; v.14
Jewish Identities in a Changing World
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- I. Foundations -- Politics and Resentment:Examining Antisemitism andCounter-Cosmopolitanism in theEuropean Union and Beyond -- II. European Comparisons -- Is there a "New European Antisemitism?" Public Opinion and Comparative Empirical Research in Europe -- "Against Globalism": Counter-Cosmopolitan Discontent and Antisemitism in Mobilizations of European Extreme Right Parties -- Antisemitism and Anti-Americanism: Comparative European Perspectives -- Playing the Nazi Card: Israel, Jews, and Antisemitism -- III. Eastern Europe -- The Empire Strikes Back: Antisemitism in Russia -- Hatred towards Jews as a Political Code? Antisemitism in Hungary -- The Resilience of Tradition: Antisemitism in Poland and the Ukraine -- IV. Western Europe -- Beyond the Republican Model: Antisemitism in France -- The Liberal Tradition and Unholy Aliances of the Present: Antisemitism in the United Kingdom -- Political Cultures of Denial? Antisemitism in Sweden and Scandinavia -- Erosion of a Taboo: Antisemitism in Switzerland -- Anti-Jewish Guilt Deflection and National Self-Victimization: Antisemitism in Germany -- Between Neo-Fascism, "Anti-Fascism," and Anti-Zionism: Antisemitism in Italy -- V. Epilogue -- Rethinking Antisemitism, Counter-Cosmopolitanism, and Human Rights in the Global Age: A Political Crisis of Postmodernity? -- Index.
Abstract:
Democratic polities continue to be faced with politics of resentment. The first comparative study of its kind, this book rigorously examines the contemporary relevance of antisemitism and counter-cosmopolitan resentments in the European Union and beyond.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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