Universität Wien

060018 VO The Ideology of Jew-Hatred - Antisemitism Then and Now (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 6 - Ägyptologie, Judaistik, Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie
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Überblicksvorlesung zur Ideologiegeschichte des Antisemitismus
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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 07.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 14.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 21.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 28.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 04.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 11.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 18.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 25.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 02.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 09.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 16.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 13.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 20.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
  • Thursday 27.01. 18:30 - 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

A three page essay on select topics.

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.
Students that argue in favor or antisemitic ideas will fail this class.

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
M. Gottschlich, Unerlöste Schatten: Die Christen und der neue Antisemitismus, 2015
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 vols., 2003

Association in the course directory

Überblicksvorlesung zur Ideologiegeschichte des Antisemitismus

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