Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the Contemporary World [Hardcover]

Robert S. Wistrich (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1990

Can a common denominator be found between the antisemitism that has existed through the ages and came to is horrible climax in the twentieth century and more contemporary forms of anti-Zionism? Has the intensity of antagonism to Israel and Zionism generated by the Middle East conflict and its repercussions generated a new kind of antisemitism? This book presents a collection of essays by leading scholoars of the subject which addresses these highly topical questions in their broadest international context. The spectrum of views examined includes those of right- and left-wing extremists, Palestinian and Arab nationalists, Muslim fundamentalists, Soviet communists, third-world ideologists, Christian theologians, black radicals and also people of the center whose antipathy to Zionism has become more visible in recent years. This book is an important contribution to one of the most controversial issues of our time.

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About the Author

Robert S. Wistrich, the editor, is Professor of Modern European and Jewish History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he received an honours degree in general history and at University College, London, where he was awarded a doctorate in Jewish studies. Professor Wistrich edited The Wiener Library Bulletin, a London-based historical journal, for seven years. He is the author of numerous articles and books on general and modern Jewish history including Revolutionary Jews from Marx to Trotsky, The Left against Zion, Socialism and the Jews, Hitler's Apocalypse and The Jews of Vienna in the Age of Franz Joseph.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 223 pages
• Publisher: NYU Press; First Edition edition (August 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814792375
• ISBN-13: 978-0814792377
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,299,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but needs updating, March 8, 2005

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This review is from: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the Contemporary World (Hardcover)

This book is an excellent historical study but the remarkable increase in Anti- Semitism since its publication in 1990 means that it is in need of updating. The fact that the most dangerou dangerous center of Anti-Semitic activity is now in the Islamic world requires that this area needs to be examined in greater depth. Also the rise of Anti- Semitism on the Left, especially in places once thought of as ' enlightened 'means that any reader of this book should supplement it with more recent works on the 'New Anti-Semitism'. i.e. the works of Gabriel Schonfeld, Alan Dershowitz, Phyllis Chesler, Manfred Gerstenfeld, Cynthia Ozick, and others.