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"The Yids and their accomplices are wallowing in the mud, the filth, the torrent of shit they have unleashed," wrote Edouard Drumont, editor of La Libre Parole, in 1898, at the height of the Dreyfus affair. It was by far the major political event in France at the time; a nationwide anti-Semitic response was triggered when the Jewish Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was accused of treason. Emile Zola's famous J'accuse-a defense of Dreyfus-triggered even more anti-Semitic sentiment. Birnbaum, a professor of politics and philosophy at the Sorbonne, substantially broadens the scope of historical inquiry into the Dreyfus affair and raises vital questions. He has uncovered new materials showing that, as the controversy grew, many French cities and towns seethed with near-riots and pogroms: in Paris, 2,000 students and artists swarmed the streets and shouted, "Death to the Jews"; in Moulins, a Monsignor Dubourg led a rally that condemned "the sinister race of the stateless." What is more startling is that the police and government officials, many harboring anti-Semitic sentiments, "came forward as defenders of the rights for all citizens" and arrested protesters, rabble-rousers and agitators, thus preventing what might have become widespread murderous violence. Birnbaum's research breaks new ground, although at times the narrative is confusing and repetitious, and he does not explore as much as he might why these rabid forces of anti-Semitism were stopped by the authorities. Still, this is an important addition to the literatures of anti-Semitism and French history.
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This is an impressive example of "microhistory" that should be welcomed by specialists in French history and politics. Birnbaum (politics and philosophy, Sorbonne), a prolific authority on French Jewry, documents a sensational episode in French history-the ferocious wave of anti-Semitism that gripped the nation in the wake of the Dreyfus affair. Drawing exhaustively from local archives, Birnbaum breaks new ground in re-creating the hysteria of the time-the demonstrations, parades, speeches, songs, press accounts, and other diatribes that rocked the French body politic in the seminal year of 1898 over the treason trial of a Jewish officer, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. The author, whose rich examples include evidence from all over France, concludes that demonstrations in large cities and little towns probably attracted hundreds of thousands of people and represented a new kind of popular politicization. This timely and disturbing study raises critical issues of interest to scholars of French history and politics: how anti-Semitism intersected with reactionary politics and the diverse ideological passions of the time, how French Jews reacted and defended themselves, and how the forces of order nonetheless prevailed. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries.
Marie Marmo Mullaney, Caldwell Coll., N.J.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"The Yids and their accomplices are wallowing in the mud, the filth, the torrent of shit they have unleashed," wrote Edouard Drumont, editor of La Libre Parole, in 1898, at the height of the Dreyfus affair. It was by far the major political event in France at the time; a nationwide anti-Semitic response was triggered when the Jewish Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was accused of treason. Emile Zola's famous J'accuse-a defense of Dreyfus-triggered even more anti-Semitic sentiment. Birnbaum, a professor of politics and philosophy at the Sorbonne, substantially broadens the scope of historical inquiry into the Dreyfus affair and raises vital questions. He has uncovered new materials showing that, as the controversy grew, many French cities and towns seethed with near-riots and pogroms: in Paris, 2,000 students and artists swarmed the streets and shouted, "Death to the Jews"; in Moulins, a Monsignor Dubourg led a rally that condemned "the sinister race of the stateless." What is more startling is that the police and government officials, many harboring anti-Semitic sentiments, "came forward as defenders of the rights for all citizens" and arrested protesters, rabble-rousers and agitators, thus preventing what might have become widespread murderous violence. Birnbaum's research breaks new ground, although at times the narrative is confusing and repetitious, and he does not explore as much as he might why these rabid forces of anti-Semitism were stopped by the authorities. Still, this is an important addition to the literatures of anti-Semitism and French history.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This is an impressive example of "microhistory" that should be welcomed by specialists in French history and politics. Birnbaum (politics and philosophy, Sorbonne), a prolific authority on French Jewry, documents a sensational episode in French history-the ferocious wave of anti-Semitism that gripped the nation in the wake of the Dreyfus affair. Drawing exhaustively from local archives, Birnbaum breaks new ground in re-creating the hysteria of the time-the demonstrations, parades, speeches, songs, press accounts, and other diatribes that rocked the French body politic in the seminal year of 1898 over the treason trial of a Jewish officer, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. The author, whose rich examples include evidence from all over France, concludes that demonstrations in large cities and little towns probably attracted hundreds of thousands of people and represented a new kind of popular politicization. This timely and disturbing study raises critical issues of interest to scholars of French history and politics: how anti-Semitism intersected with reactionary politics and the diverse ideological passions of the time, how French Jews reacted and defended themselves, and how the forces of order nonetheless prevailed. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries.
Marie Marmo Mullaney, Caldwell Coll., N.J.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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On January 14, 1898, an anonymous police informant sent this alarming report to the Parish prefecture: What is about to happen in Parish is a much more dangerous riot: it will have a definite goal, the looting of Jewish shops. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
long live the army, military lottery, incumbent deputy, general councilor, platform statement, biweekly reports, municipal councilor, police superintendent, republican deputy, nationalist candidates, second ward, legislative elections, same slogans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ligue Antisémitique, Union Catholique, Jules Guérin, Ligue des Patriotes, Union Nationale, Joan of Arc, Latin Quarter, Edouard Drumont, Charles Bernard, Francis de Pressensé, Georges Thiébaud, Grand Théâtre, Middle Ages, Socialist Party, Devil's Island, Lucien Millevoye, Max Régis, Paul Déroulède, Rabbi Taubmann, Superintendent Leproust, The Marseillaise, Edouard Dubuc, Henri Rochefort, Abbé Gamier, Chamber of Deputies New!
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On January 14, 1898, an anonymous police informant sent this alarming report to the Parish prefecture: What is about to happen in Parish is a much more dangerous riot: it will have a definite goal, the looting of Jewish shops. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
long live the army, military lottery, incumbent deputy, general councilor, platform statement, biweekly reports, municipal councilor, police superintendent, republican deputy, nationalist candidates, second ward, legislative elections, same slogans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ligue Antisémitique, Union Catholique, Jules Guérin, Ligue des Patriotes, Union Nationale, Joan of Arc, Latin Quarter, Edouard Drumont, Charles Bernard, Francis de Pressensé, Georges Thiébaud, Grand Théâtre, Middle Ages, Socialist Party, Devil's Island, Lucien Millevoye, Max Régis, Paul Déroulède, Rabbi Taubmann, Superintendent Leproust, The Marseillaise, Edouard Dubuc, Henri Rochefort, Abbé Gamier, Chamber of Deputies New!
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- Ideology and Experience (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) by Stephen Wilson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Jewish Destinies: Citizenship, State, and Community in Modern France by Pierre Birnbaum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sculpture and its Reproductions (Reaktion Books - Critical Views) by Anthony Hughes in Back Matter
- The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt in Back Matter
- The Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century by John M. Merriman in Back Matter
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