La judéophobie des Modernes : des Lumières au jihad mondial
A study of modern and contemporary forms of Judeophobia. Emphasizes the permanence of anti-Jewish stereotypes, and their ability to adapt to new situations. Since the 1960s the negative image of the Jew has undergone a double metamorphosis: whereas the Jews were previously stigmatized as Asians, Orientals, and stateless nomads, they are now, in the context of globalization, denounced as Westerners, oppressors, and Zionist nationalists. This transformation of the figure of the absolute enemy has also transformed radical anti-Zionism and marks the emergence of "post-antisemitic" Judeophobia. Hatred of the Jews goes hand in hand with hatred of the West. Examines radical Islam's war on the "Judeo-Crusaders", an imagined American-Zionist conspiracy. Identifies three constitutive moments in the evolution of modern Judeophobia: the radical critique of Judaism in the name of progress, adopted in the 19th century; the biologization and racialization of anti-Jewish discourse, which labelled the Jew as alien by nature; and the slow constitution, from the French Revolution on, of Jewish conspiracy theories. Analyzes six basic anti-Jewish myths: misanthropy, deicide, ritual murder and cannibalism, usury, world conspiracy, and racism. Discusses the effects of Islamist propaganda on anti-Judaism in present-day France. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
Print Book, French, ©2008
Jacob, Paris, ©2008