Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate

by Jean-Paul Sartre (Author), George J. Becker (Translator), Michael Walzer (Preface)

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Jean-Paul Sartre's book is a brilliant portrait of both anti-Semite and Jew, written by a non-Jew and from a non-Jewish point of view. Nothing of the anti-Semite either in his subtle form as a snob, or in his crude form as a gangster, escapes Sartre's sharp eye, and the whole problem of the Jew's relationship to the Gentile is examined in a concrete and living way, rather than in terms of sociological abstractions.

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Editorial Reviews

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"[A fervent and brilliant challenge to ant-Semitism."
—The New York Times

"A review . . . can merely indicate the humanity, the compassion, and the suggestive brilliance of Sartre's writing. His essay is a genuine contribution to contemporary thought; it will be read and reread in years to come."
—Harvey Swados

"Still a monument of postwar writing on anti-Semitism . . . Michael Walzer's fine introduction will help current readers sift out what remains relevant from Sartre's work for considering the variants of anti-Semitism haunting the world today."
—Elisabeth Young Bruehl

"Sartre's account of anti-Semitism is an acknowledged classic, based in large measure on assimilated Jews whom he personally knew. Michael Walzer's essay provides significant balance to Sartre's brilliant analysis."
—Arthur Hertzberg

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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'Still a monument of postwar writing on anti-Semitism....Michael Walzer's fine introduction will help current readers sift out what remains relevant form Sartre's work for considering the variants of antisemitism haunting the world today.' Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

About the Author

JEAN-PAUL SARTREwas born in Paris in 1905. Educated at the Ecole Normale, he then taught philosophy in provincial lycées, and in 1938 published his first novel, Nausea. During the war he completed the major work that eventually established his reputation as an existential philosopher—Being and Nothingness (1943). After the Liberation, he founded the socialist journal Les Temps Modernes. He was a prolific playwright, producing, among other works No Exit, The Devil and the Good Lord, and The Condemned of Altona. In 1960, he published his second basic philosophical work, Critique of Dialectical Reason. In 1964, his account of his childhood, Words, received worldwide acclaim. That same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, which he refused. In 1971–1972, the first three volumes of his ambitious study of Flaubert’s life and work appeared. He died in 1980.

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"Anti-Semite and Jew, in its best passages, stands with Theodor Adorno's study of the authoritarian personality, Talcott Parson's essays on the sociology of Nazism, Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom,and Hannah Arendt's account of totalitarian politics . . . [Nonetheless] Sartrean authenticity has taken on new meanings, a sign simultaneously that his argument is persuasive and that it is in need of revision."
—From the Preface by Michael Walzer

Paperback: 153 pages
Publisher: Schocken (April 25, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780805210477
ISBN-13: 978-0805210477
ASIN: 0805210474
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Curt

strange but...

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2017

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About a half or so of the book is incredible, the other half of the content is rather bizarre... it's clear he dashed it off, but for a dash-off it's impressive. He talks about "Jews" as if he knows ... but... nevertheless, his theoretical insights into the assignation of otherness and the psychological binds thereby caused are still relevant today and serve as a framework for race studies.

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Razor

I reference this book a lot

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2014

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"If the Jew did not exist, the Anti-Semite would have to create him."

This is a pretty insightful book on hate, and the seeds of Sartre's philosophy on identity find soil here. A lot of people know that being Anti-Semetic is foolish, but Sartre illustrates pretty well why it's foolish on a lot of different dimensions in respect to the concept of identity. In my opinion it also gives the reader some insight into the history of Anti-Semiticism.

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liliana

Good

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020

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Book was in great condition.

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Doré Selix-Gabby

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017

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Yes an informed study With great depth.

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Hank R.

Sartre and Anti-Semitism

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015

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An excellent examination of anti-Semitism written by one of the great thinkers of the 20th century and published just after the end of WW II.

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William H. Bruening

Sartre is still relevant.

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2008

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Sartre's work is still a classic. His insights are provocative and pointed. I am especially impressed by his comments on what is now called universal human rights. Sartre is concerned that in stressing our common humanness we forget that there are important difference that should not be ignored.

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Medina Ba

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2014

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This book tells it without excess. & then you can't pretend it's other than just what Sartre explains.

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Could This Be Sartre's Least Important Book?

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2014

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I would say yes, but I don't pretend to be an expert in Sartre, although I've read a fair amount of philosophy. This work is a lot more about Sartre's developing understanding of Marxism than it is about the roots of anti-semitism. Outside of the rather obvious insight that a class of largely under-educated, under-paid Christian laborers have consistently needed a group to feel superior to and that they have chosen the Jews to occupy this unfortunate position, this book does not do much more to contribute to our understanding of this challenging question.

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