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The Politics of Hate. Anti-semitism, History and the Holocaust in Modern Europe.
John Weiss
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Description for The Politics of Hate. Anti-semitism, History and the Holocaust in Modern Europe.
Hardback. This history shows how anti-Semitism and racism developed as a major element in the European political process from the late 19th century to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
For educated and tolerant Westerners, it is extremely difficult to imagine the dangerous power that anti-Semitism has enjoyed in modern Europe and impossible to grasp how it could have led to the unique horrors of the Holocaust. To study the origins and history of anti-Semitism by itself helps little. To fully grasp the dangerous potential of racism we must also know the relationships between the fantasies of the anti-Semites and the long-term historical development of various nations. In The Politics of Hate, John Weiss shows how anti-Semitism and racism developed as a major element in the European political process from ... Read more
For educated and tolerant Westerners, it is extremely difficult to imagine the dangerous power that anti-Semitism has enjoyed in modern Europe and impossible to grasp how it could have led to the unique horrors of the Holocaust. To study the origins and history of anti-Semitism by itself helps little. To fully grasp the dangerous potential of racism we must also know the relationships between the fantasies of the anti-Semites and the long-term historical development of various nations. In The Politics of Hate, John Weiss shows how anti-Semitism and racism developed as a major element in the European political process from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566634922
SKU
V9781566634922
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About John Weiss
John Weiss's Ideology of Death: Why the Holocaust Happened in Germany was lauded for its balanced interpretation. Mr. Weiss is professor of history at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and has also written The Fascist Tradition and Conservatism in Europe.
Reviews for The Politics of Hate. Anti-semitism, History and the Holocaust in Modern Europe.
A thoughtful survey...a useful overview of the rise—and, it is to be hoped, fall—of European race hatred.
Kirkus
A succinct yet detailed examination...offers a more nuanced portrait than most.... An important and illuminating contribution.
Stanislao G. Pugliese, associate professor of modern European history, Hofstra University Wonderfully insightful.... Written with verve and eminently readable..an inspiration.
Frederick M. ... Read more
Kirkus
A succinct yet detailed examination...offers a more nuanced portrait than most.... An important and illuminating contribution.
Stanislao G. Pugliese, associate professor of modern European history, Hofstra University Wonderfully insightful.... Written with verve and eminently readable..an inspiration.
Frederick M. ... Read more