Anti-Semitism at the Limit: Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis (Studies in the Psychosocial)

By: Benjamin B. Strosberg

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Synopsis: In this book, Benjamin Strosberg explores difficulties and anxieties inherent in studying, defining, and defending against anti-Semitism by tracing a concurrent difficulty in thinking about Jewishness, which has historically served as a limit case for central social categories such as outsider, religion, race, gender, and nation. Dr. Strosberg draws on Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of proteophobia—the anxious fear of what doesn’t fit into clear-cut categories—to think more carefully about anti-Semitism as response to the complex-realities of ambivalence and otherness. The book proposes ‘negative psychology’ as a methodology for studying anti-Semitism and proteophobia rooted in psychoanalysis and Theodor Adorno’s Critical Theory. Drawing from lived experiences, contemporary events, and debates in the field, this compelling work explores the broad implications of the investigation of anti-Semitism for politics, education, and psychoanalysis, as well as the specific implications for Jewish identity and resistance.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031720253
Related ISBNs:: 9783031720246
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 11/22/24
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology
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