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Book SynopsisKatz here presents a major reinterpretation of modern anti-Semitism, revising the prevalent thesis that medieval and modern animosities against Jews were fundamentally different.
Trade ReviewTo this book Mr. Katz has brought scholarly rigor, objectivity, and, last but not least, a sense of the passage of time so frequently missing from discussions of anti-Semitism. For once, the modern Jewish experience is not read backward from catastrophe, but is allowed to find its own way through all the continuities and discontinuities which history has to offer… Enables us to discern the history of anti-Semitism with greater clarity than ever before. * Commentary *
Profoundly disturbing… In a world in which the disease of anti-Semitism appears to be rising, Katz’s work makes compelling reading. * Hadassah Magazine *
From Prejudice to Destruction contains a wealth of specific information that will be of interest to scholars. The general reader will be drawn to its larger themes. Certainly the most important of these is Katz’s contention that modern anti-Semitism is a direct outgrowth of traditional, Christian anti-Semitism. * The New Leader *
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: BACKGROUND, 1700-1780 1. The Christian Tradition: Eisenmenger 2. The Rationalist Reorientation 3. Voltaire PART 2: GERMANY, 1780-1819 4. Ideological Counterattack 5. Philosophy the Heir of Theology 6. Nationalism and Romanticism 7. Incitement and Riot PART 3: FRANCE, 1780-1880 8. The Revolutionary Promise and the Catholic Reaction 9. The Socialist Indictment 10. The Liberal Ambiguity 11. Jews and Freemasons PART 4: GERMANY, 1830-1873 12. The German Liberals' Image of the Jew 13. The Radicals: Feuerbach, Bauer, Marx 14. The Scandal of the Jewish Artist: Richard Wagner 15. The Christian State 16. The Jewish Stereotype and Assimilation 17. The Conservatives' Rearguard Action PART 5: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1780-1880 18. The Austrian Prelude 19. The Hungarian Prelude PART 6: THE MOVEMENT 20. The Incubation 21. The Crystallization 22. The Hungarian Variation 23. The Austrian Extension 24. French Anti-Semitism PART 7: CULMINATION 25. Racism and the Nazi Climax 26. Anti-Semitism Through the Ages Notes Index
