Antisemitism Without Jews in Germany, France and the U.S.: Phantom Enemies (2024) (Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism)

By: William I. Brustein and Luke Gramith

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Synopsis: Why does antisemitic messaging strike a chord in certain communities without Jews but fall flat in neighboring communities equally without Jews? This book focuses on antipathy towards Jews - expressed through successful electoral campaigns where a candidate or political party championed antisemitism - in communities located in three different nations where the Jewish population had virtually no history of interaction with the resident majority population of non-Jews. The cases are: the election of antisemitic deputies in the 1893 German Reichstag Elections from eastern Saxony; the election of a slate of antisemitic deputies to the French Chamber in 1898 from the southwestern French department of the Gers; and the significant proportion of votes for the antisemitic campaign of Gerald B. Winrod in the U.S. Senate Republican Party primary election in 1938 in Kansas. Each of these examples illustrates the existence of heightened levels of antisemitism in cases where few, if any, Jews had engagement with the majority population.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031557569
Related ISBNs:: 9783031557552
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 10/16/24
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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