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ISBN
9781509566921
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07-04-2025
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Polity Press
Auteur(s)
Theodor W. Adorno
Vertaler
Wieland Hoban
Fighting Antisemitism Today
A Lecture
Theodor W. Adorno
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€10,49
In
autumn
1962
Theodor
W.
Adorno
gave
a
lecture
on
fighting
antisemitism
to
the
German
Coordinating
Council
of
Societies
for
Christian-Jewish
Cooperation,
a
lecture
that
remains
as
topical
and
urgent
today
as
it
was
in
the
1960s.After
the
Second
World
War,
Germany
was
grappling
with
a
reluctance
to
admit
collective
guilt
for
the
horrors
of
the
Holocaust
and
German
society
was
witnessing
the
emergence
of
various
forms
of
hidden
or
‘crypto’
antisemitism.
In
his
lecture
Adorno
demonstrated
that
antisemitism
is
a
central
and
essential
element
of
right-wing
extremism
and
is
identical
in
structure
to
racism.
It
is
accompanied
by
an
authoritarian
mindset
and
a
conformist
anti-intellectualism.
Moreover,
a
classic
trick
used
by
anti-Semites
is
to
protest
against
taboos
which
prevent
them
from
freely
spreading
their
hate
by
classing
them
as
a
form
of
persecution,
and
to
present
themselves
as
victims
of
it.
The
only
antidote
to
this
poison
is
an
unwavering
loyalty
to
the
truth
in
dealing
with
historical
and
political
realities.Adorno
advocates
an
anti-authoritarian
programme
to
prevent
antisemitic
character
development
and
advises
taking
firm
action
against
outbreaks
of
antisemitic
behaviour.
His
brilliant
analysis
of
the
sources
and
dangers
of
antisemitism
is
as
relevant
now
as
it
was
sixty
years ago.
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