This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School's theory of antisemitism and, employing this critical theory, investigates the presence of antisemitism in 20th- and 21st-century politics and society.
Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism uncovers how critical theory differs from mainstream socialist or liberal critiques of antisemitism, as it frames its rejection of antisemitism in the critique of other aspects of modern capitalist society, which traditional theories leave unchallenged or critique only in passing. Amongst others, these include issues of identity, nation, race, and sexuality. In exploring the Frankfurt School's writings on antisemitism therefore, the chapters in this book reveal connections to other pressing societal issues, such as racism more broadly, patriarchy, statism, and the societal dynamics of the ever-evolving capitalist mode of production.
Putting the theory to practice, this volume brings together interdisciplinary scholars and activists who employ critical theory to scrutinise right- and left-wing manifestations of antisemitism. They develop, in their critique of antisemitism, a critique of capitalism, as the authors ask: why does modern capitalist society seem bound to produce antisemitism? And how do we challenge it?
At a time when the rise of populism internationally has brought with it new strains of antisemitism, this is an essential resource that demonstrates the continuing relevance of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School for the struggle against antisemitism today.
Recenzijos
This collection engages not only with the Frankfurt Schools own analyses of antisemitism, and with key works influenced by the Schools analyses, but also with the relevance of Critical Theorys approach to important contemporary phenomena. It is fresh, solidly researched, original, and will richly repay a close reading. * Jack Jacobs, Professor of Political Science, John Jay College and the Graduate Center City University of New York, USA * Marcel Stoetzler's volume reasserts how central Critical Theory's analysis of antisemitism is to the analysis of society after Auschwitz. * Detlev Claussen, Professor Emeritus of Social Theory, Culture and Sociology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany *
Daugiau informacijos
An interdisciplinary volume that expounds the Frankfurt Schools critical theory of antisemitism and uses it to scrutinise contemporary manifestations of antisemitism in right- and left-wing politics.
Contents
List of contributors
Introduction: Critical Theorys Critique of Antisemitism, Marcel Stoetzler
(Bangor University, UK)
Part I: Elements
1. The Critical Theory of Antisemitism and the Limits of Enlightenment, Jordi
Maiso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
2. Antisemitism in the British New Liberalism Movement: J. A. Hobson on
Capitalism and Imperialism, Matthew Bolton (Technische Universität
Berlin, Germany)
3. Antisemitism and the Critique of Society as Economic Object, Werner
Bonefeld (University of York, UK)
4. Jews and other others: Identity and constellation in intersectional and
critical theory Christine Achinger (University of Warwick, UK)
5. Antisemitism, Anti-capitalism, Community: (Con)fusing Reft and Light,
Marcel Stoetzler (Bangor University, UK)
Part II: Extensions
6. Pathic Identification in Populist Movements: The Spectre of Antisemitism
in Right and Left Protest, Patrick Ahern (University of Dayton, USA)
7. Ancient Aliens Down to Earth: Conspiracy Theories, Antisemitism and
Anonymous Authority, Joan Braune (Gonzaga University, USA)
8. Antisemitism, Antiblackness and the Nation in the Storming of the US
Capitol, Christopher D. Wright (Independent Scholar, USA)
9. Antisemitism and Racism After Auschwitz: Adorno on the Hellish Unity
of Permanent Catastrophe, Jonathon Catlin (Princeton University, USA)
10. Antisemitism, Center-Periphery Dynamics and Anti-Zionism in Poland Today,
Anna Zawadzka (Institute of Slavic Studies, Poland)
11. Labour, Antisemitism and the Critique of Political Economy Matthew Bolton
(Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) and Frederick Harry Pitts
(University of Bristol, UK)
Index
Marcel Stoetzler is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Bangor University, UK. His publications include The State, the Nation and the Jews: Liberalism and the Antisemitism Dispute in Bismarcks Germany (2008) and the edited volume Antisemitism and the Constitution of Sociology (2014).
