I. Introductory -- 1. Nazism and Community: A Philosophical Nightmare -- 2. Bibliographical Preamble: A Scanty Corpus -- 2.1 Terms and Definitions -- 2.2 Bibliography -- 2.3 Scope and Range of this Study -- 2.4 Jewish ›Self-Hatred‹ -- II. Sacher-Masoch, Talmudist -- 1. Pintschew und Mintschew: The Source -- 2. Enlightenment vs. Orthodoxy -- 3. Philo-Semitism -- 4. Some Historical Background -- 5. The Paradise of Interpretation -- 6. Dialogue Again: Thoreau, Kleist, and Others -- 7. Thought, Language, and the Impersonal -- 8. An Afterthought: The Demand for Baptism -- III. Philo-Semitism in Nineteenth-Century German Fiction -- 1. Peter Schlemihl: The Wanderer -- 2. Jud Süß: Stereotype and Guilt -- 3. Karl Gutzkow: The Honest Anti-Semite -- 4. Bettina von Arnim: Judaism and Thematic Criticism -- 5. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: »Gerechtigkeit!« -- 6. Friedrich Hebbel: Philo-Semitism as Vaudeville -- 7. Gustav Freytag and the Problem of Human Sacrifice -- 8. Wilhelm Raabe: Jewish Women -- 9. Theodor Fontane and L'Adultéra: Salvation by the Jew -- 10. Drama: Supplement -- IV. The Borders (I) -- The Border to the East: Austria -- 1. Ada Christen: Courage in Weakness -- 2. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and a Jewish »Vogel« -- 3. Ludwig Anzengruber: The Best and the Worst -- 4. Ferdinand von Saar Creates a Prophet, Perhaps Malgré Lui -- V. The Borders (II) -- The Border to the West: Alsace-Lorraine -- The Strange Case of Erckmann-Chatrian -- 1. Who They Are -- 2. Le Blocus -- 3. Maître Daniel Rock -- 4. L'Ami Fritz -- 5. L'Illustre docteur Mathéus -- 6. Le Juif polonais -- 7. Le Combat de coqs -- 8. Le Sacrifice d'Abraham -- 9. L'Œil invisible -- 10. Narcissism and Representation -- 11. The Jew as Art Dealer -- 12. ›Conditio Judaica‹ -- VI. Women and Philo-Semitism -- VII. Conclusions -- 1. Vanishing Anti-Semitism? -- 2. The Stereotype -- 3. Guilt.

4. The Jew, Absent and Present -- 5. Haunted -- Bibliography -- Index.