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The socialist response to antisemitism in imperial Germany / Lars Fischer

Author
Fischer, Lars, 1966-
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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1 online resource (xix, 252 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Social democracy's stance on antisemitism and the spectre of 'philosemitism' -- The influence of 'zur Judenfrage' on the socialist movement -- The socialist uses and abuses of 'zur Judenfrage' -- The Social Democratic Party Congress of 1903 and the case of Hans Leuss -- The former antisemite Leuss on antisemitism and 'the Jewish question' -- Antisemitism and 'the Jewish question' in Dresden -- The evolution of Bernstein's stance on antisemitism and 'the Jewish question'.
Summary
What set antisemites apart from anti-antisemites in Imperial Germany was not so much what they thought about 'the Jews', but what they thought should be done about them. Like most anti-antisemites, German Social Democrats felt that the antisemites had a point but took matters too far. In fact, Socialist anti-antisemitism often did not hinge on the antisemites' anti-Jewish orientation at all. Even when it did, the Socialists' arguments generally did more to consolidate than subvert generally accepted notions regarding 'the Jews'. By focusing on a broader set of perceptions accepted by both antisemites and anti-antisemites and drawing a variety of new sources into the debate, this study offers a startling reinterpretation of seemingly well-rehearsed issues, including the influence of Karl Marx's Zur Judenfrage, and the positions of various leading Social Democrats (Franz Mehring, Eduard Bernstein, August Bebel, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Karl Kautsky, Rosa Luxemburg) and their peers.
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ISBN
051127498X (electronic bk.)
9780511274985 (electronic bk.)
9780511275685 (electronic bk.)
0511275684 (electronic bk.)
9786610815937
6610815933
9780511511783 (ebook)
0511511787
9780521153249 (paperback)
0521153247
1280815930
9781280815935
0511273452
9780511273452
0511321686
9780511321689
0511274246
9780511274244
0521875528 (Cloth)
9780521875523 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index.
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