Politics and resentment : antisemitism and counter-cosmopolitanism in the European Union / / edited by Lars Rensmann and Julius H. Schoeps.

• TeilnehmendeR: Rensmann, Lars.; Schoeps, Julius H. 1942-
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Identities in a Changing World 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (516 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Democratic polities continue to be faced with politics of resentment. Along with resurgent counter-cosmopolitanism and anti-immigrant prejudice, various political agents have mobilized old and modernized antisemitism in European democracies. The first comparative study of its kind, this book rigorously examines the contemporary relevance of antisemitism and other politicized resentments in the context of the European Union and beyond. Presenting new approaches and state-of-the-art research by leading authorities in the field, the volume combines comparative work and political theorizing with ten single country studies using qualitative and quantitative data from Eastern and Western Europe. The result is a new and sober set of arguments and findings, demonstrating that antisemitism and counter-cosmopolitan resentment are still all too present human rights challenges in today’s cosmopolitan Europe.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Politics and Resentment: Examining Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union and Beyond / Lars Rensmann and Julius H. Schoeps -- Is There a “New European Antisemitism?” Public Opinion and Comparative Empirical Research in Europe / Werner Bergmann -- “Against Globalism”: Counter-Cosmopolitan Discontent and Antisemitism in Mobilizations of European Extreme Right Parties / Lars Rensmann -- Antisemitism and Anti-Americanism: Comparative European Perspectives / Andrei S. Markovits -- Playing the Nazi Card: Israel, Jews, and Antisemitism / Paul Iganski and Abe Sweiry -- The Empire Strikes Back: Antisemitism in Russia / Stella Rock and Alexander Verkhovsky -- Hatred towards Jews as a Political Code? Antisemitism in Hungary / András Kovács -- The Resilience of Tradition: Antisemitism in Poland and the Ukraine / Ireneusz Krzemiński -- Beyond the Republican Model: Antisemitism in France / Jean-Yves Camus -- The Liberal Tradition and Unholy Alliances of the Present: Antisemitism in the United Kingdom / Michael Whine -- Political Cultures of Denial? Antisemitism in Sweden and Scandinavia / Henrik Bachner -- Erosion of a Taboo: Antisemitism in Switzerland / Christina Späti -- Anti-Jewish Guilt Deflection and National Self-Victimization: Antisemitism in Germany / Samuel Salzborn -- Between Neo-Fascism, “Anti-Fascism,” and Anti-Zionism: Antisemitism in Italy / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Rethinking Antisemitism, Counter-Cosmopolitanism, and Human Rights in the Global Age: A Political Crisis of Postmodernity? / Lars Rensmann -- Index -- Jewish Identities in a Changing World.