Anticapitalism and the Emergence of Antisemitism. Stephanie Chasin
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Название: Anticapitalism and the Emergence of Antisemitism

Автор: Stephanie Chasin

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Банковское дело

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isbn: 9781433170850

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СКАЧАТЬ argue that the stereotype of Jews and money has lasted throughout centuries while other stereotypes have decayed under reasoned argument is not to say that antisemitism is inevitable and certainly not to argue that it led inevitably to the Holocaust. But, once this historical construct of the greedy and exploitative Jewish moneylender was created, anticapitalist views made fertile ground for antisemitism to grow. And continues to do so. Let us, though, consider the contrary situation. It is clear that there were some places and periods of time in the pre-modern period where Jewish moneylenders did not suffer, or, at least, not as badly or not worse than their fellow subjects or citizens. In the modern era, antisemitism has never been a dangerous issue in a number of western countries (which is not the same as saying it is absent). This is particularly true of the United States, but the same could be argued for Australia, South Africa, Canada, and England (notwithstanding the Labour party’s recent embrace of antisemitism). We now see a disquieting rise in antisemitism in Europe and the US, a type that is outside of Islamic antisemitism but overlaps insofar that many activists hold views that merge anticapitalism with anti-Zionism. In places such as the US and the UK, once known as their commitment to Enlightenment values such as free speech, free trade, the freedom to worship, and tolerance, an increase in both antisemitism and anticapitalism is surely not coincidental just as, in the past, it was surely not coincidental that countries with a strong commercial economy were relatively more tolerant towards Jews.

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