Deciphering the New Antisemitism

edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld, with contributions by Bruno Chaouat, Günther Jikeli, Kenneth L. Marcus, David S Patterson, Elhanan Yakira, Sina Arnold, Doron S. Ben-Atar, Bruckner Pascal, Jean Axelrad Cahan, Eirik Eiglad, Aleksandra Gliszcynska-Grabias, Stephan Grigat, Matthias Küntzel, Bodo Kahmann, Aryeh Tuchman, Mark Weitzman

These landmark essays are noteworthy for their timeliness and ability to grapple effectively with the serious issues at hand.

Introduction Alvin H. RosenfeldPart I. Defining and Assessing Antisemitism1. Antisemitism and Islamophobia: The Inversion of the Debt Pascal Bruckner2. The Ideology of the New Antisemitism Kenneth L. Marcus3. A Framework for Assessing Antisemitism: Three Case Studies (Dieudonné, Erdöan, and Hamas) Günther Jikeli4. Virtuous Antisemitism Elhanan YakiraPart II. Intellectual and Ideological Contexts5. Historicizing the Transhistorical: Apostasy and the Dialectic of Jew-Hatred Doron Ben-Atar6. Literary Theory and the Delegitimization of Israel Jean Axelrad Cahan7. Good News from France: There Is No New Antisemitism Bruno Chaouat8. Anti-Zionism and the Anarchist Tradition Eirik Eiglad9. Antisemitism and the Radical Catholic Traditionalist Movement Mark WeitzmanPart III. Holocaust Denial, Evasion, Minimization10. The Uniqueness Debate Revisited Bernard Harrison11. Denial, Evasion, and Anti-Historical Antisemitism: The Continuing Assault on MemoryDavid Patterson12. Generational Changes in the Holocaust Denial Movement in the United States Aryeh TuchmanPart IV. Regional Manifestations13. From Occupation to Occupy: Antisemitism and the Contemporary Left in the United StatesSina Arnold14. The EU's Responses to Contemporary Antisemitism: A Shell Game R. Amy Elman15. Anti-Israeli Boycotts: European and International Human Rights Law Perspectives Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias16. Delegitimizing Israel in Germany and Austria: Past Politics, the Iranian Threat, and Post-national Anti-Zionism Stephan Grigat17. Antisemitism and Antiurbanism, Past and Present: Empirical and Theoretical Approaches Bodo Kahmann18. Tehran's Efforts to Mobilize Antisemitism: The Global Impact Matthias KüntzelList of ContributorsIndex