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For thirty years the director of the Wiener Library in London, the leading institute for the study of anti-Semitism, Walter Laqueur here offers both a comprehensive history of anti-Semitism as well as an illuminating look at the newest wave of this phenomenon. Laqueur begins wit…
For thirty years the director of the Wiener Library in London--the leading institute for the study of anti-Semitism--Walter Laqueur here offers both a comprehensive history of anti-Semitism as well as an illuminating look at the newest wave of this phenomenon. Laqueur begins wit…
Jewish Identity and Civilizing Processes tells an old story in a new way. It asks why anti-Jewish feeling has persisted for so long in Europe and has had such devastating effects in the heart of Western modernity. It approaches these questions by using the insights of Norbert El…
"The theologies and the historical and ethnic configurations of Protestant Canada, encompassing religious communities from the Evangelicals to the Quakers, are brought into relief against the background of the Great Depression, the rise of fascism in Europe and the resurgence of…
The theologies and the historical and ethnic configurations of Protestant Canada, encompassing religious communities from the Evangelicals to the Quakers, are brought into relief against the background of the Great Depression, the rise of fascism in Europe and the resurgence of …
The authors use old letters, sermons and other church documents to yield a profile of contemporary Canadian Protestant attitudes towards the Nazi persecution of the Jews. They conclude with an evaluation of the dilemmas faced by religious communities when confronted by the reali…
Paths to Genocide examines the development of antisemitism from the beginnings of Christianity, through the Middle Ages, Reformation, Enlightenment and nineteenth century liberalism, nationalism and racism to the Holocaust. Focusing on major periods, places and problems in the h…
