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Anti-Semitism A History and Psychoanalysis of Contemporary Hatred
Avner Falk
Book Code: C35384
ISBN: 0-313-35384-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35384-0
312 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In the summer of 2006, the author received a message that read, "Love the Nazis, and KILL THE JEWS DEAD." And that was the trigger that launched internationally known scholar Avner Falk into work on this book. Anti-Semitism has once again become a worldwide phenomenon, growing largely during the last decade of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first. Among the spurs for this are migration of Muslim populations and the ongoing Israeli-Arab wars. In this far-reaching and comprehensive volume, Falk delves deeply into the current events, history and literature on anti-Semitism, integrating insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and political science. The result is an absorbing exploration of one of the oldest scourges of humanity, spotlighting the irrational and unconscious causes of anti-Semitism. This book also features chapters on the psychodynamics of racism, fascism, Nazism, and the dark, tragic, and unconscious processes, both individual and collective, that led to the Shoah. Holocaust denial and its psychological motives, as well as insights into the physical and psychological survival strategies of Holocaust survivors, are explored in depth. There are also chapters on "scientific anti-Semitism" including eugenics.
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A SHORT HISTORY OF ANTISEMITISM
  • PSYCHOANALYSIS AND ANTISEMITISM
  • PSYCHOANALYTIC ANTISEMITISM
  • NAZISM AND THE HOLOCAUST
  • PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES OF NAZISM
  • DENYING THE HOLOCAUST
  • RELATED ISSUES
  • CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
LC Card Number: 2007052856
LCC Class: DS145
Dewey Class: 305
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