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060007 VO The Ideology of Jew-Hatred - Antisemitism Then and Now (2025W)

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Überblicksvorlesung zur Ideologiegeschichte des Antisemitismus
We 22.10. 18:00-20:00 Digital

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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

    Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    • Wednesday 29.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 05.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 12.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 19.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 26.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 03.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 10.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 17.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 07.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 14.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital
    • Wednesday 21.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Digital

    Information

    Aims, contents and method of the course

    The persecution and rejection of Jews and Judaism is not an invention of modern times. It begins in Hellenistic times with work of Manetho. A long list of pagan Greek and Latin authors as well as Christian, Muslim and secular literatures attest to the popularity of antisemitism. Jews suffered from hatred and persecution from (Christian) antiquity until today. This lecture class is not interested in surveying the history of antisemitism but engages with the ideological history of this hatred. It perceives antisemitism as a religious ´phenomenon that expresses itself differently in the various cultures of the world and in the epochs of its history.

    Assessment and permitted materials

    An essay essay 3000 words which summarizes the scriptum of this class and criticizes it.

    Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

    Based on my script, students need to be able to critically reflect antisemitic primary source and to contextualize them into the ideological history of antisemitism.

    Examination topics

    The Script that accompanies this lecture class

    Reading list

    A.G. Bostom, ed., The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History, 2008
    A. Bühl, Antisemitismus, 2 Bd., 2019-2020
    M. Gottschlich, Unerlöste Schatten: Die Christen und der neue Antisemitismus, 2015
    A. Lange, Antisemitismus als Weltreligion, Vorlesungsskript
    Ders., Pogrom: Judenverfolgungen von ihren Anfängen bis heute, Vorlesungsskript
    A. Lange, K. Mayerhofer, D. Porat, L.H. Schiffman (Hgg.)., An End to Antisemitism! (5 Bd.), 2019
    A.S. Lindemann und R.S. Levy, eds., Antisemitism: A History, 2010
    D. Nierenberg, Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, 2013
    L. Poliakov, The History of Antisemitism, 4 Bd., 2003
    S. Rohrbacher und M. Schmidt, Judenbilder: Kulturgeschichte antijüdischer Mythen und antisemitischer Vorurteile, 1991
    P. Schäfer, Kurze Geschichte des Antisemitismus, 2020
    N.A. Stillman, The Jews of the Arab Lands: A History and Source Book, 1979
    Ders., The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times, 1991

    Association in the course directory

    Überblicksvorlesung zur Ideologiegeschichte des Antisemitismus

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