First Shall Be The Last : : Rethinking Antisemitism.

• Author: Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.; Katz, Adam.
• TeilnehmendeR: Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.
• Place / Publishing House: [S.l.] : : Brill,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

At a time when there is an evident socio-economic, political and cultural structural shift in the processes and practices associated with contemporary manifestations of antisemitism globally, it is important to explore its origins and examine whether the circumstances of its genesis can shed light on its longevity and adaptability. Few scholars are more qualified to undertake such a task than the authors of this volume, who have done so much to develop and advance the discipline of generative anthropology. In this study their groundbreaking hypothesis on the singular event that gave rise to human language and by extension human culture finds a fascinating parallel in the Jewish people's discovery/invention of monotheism, giving rise to historical resentments and hostility. The volume will be of interest to scholars working in the field of anti-discrimination and antisemtitism, as well as human rights scholars and cultural historians in general.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Eric Gans -- Gangsters and Jews / Eric Gans -- Antisemitism: White and Black / Eric Gans -- Antisemitism and Market Phobia / Eric Gans -- The Persistence of Antisemitism / Eric Gans -- Antisemitism from a Judeocentric Perspective / Eric Gans -- Antisemitism and the Victimary Era / Adam Katz -- The Jewish Barber / Eric Gans -- How to Write about the Holocaust / Eric Gans -- Jewish Firstness I: Until the Holocaust / Eric Gans -- Jewish Firstness II: The Postmodern Era / Eric Gans -- Mediating Antisemitism / Adam Katz -- Antisemitism: The Fatal Paradox / Eric Gans -- Antisemitism: From Paradox to BS / Eric Gans -- The End of Antisemitism? / Eric Gans -- Christian and Jew at the Origin / Eric Gans -- Abraham’s Three Firsts / Eric Gans -- Christian Monism, Hebrew Dualism / Eric Gans -- The Name of God / Eric Gans -- Judaism as Antagonist, Protagonist, and Theory / Adam Katz -- Conclusion / Adam Katz -- Afterword -- Works Cited -- Index.