The drawing of the Mark of Cain : a socio-historical analysis of the growth of anti-Jewish stereotypes /

Anti-Semitism is an extraordinary historical phenomenon. Over some two thousand years it has manifested itself in different guises, from mild to genocidal in different places and at different times. Under what conditions do anti-Semitic movements emerge? What evokes large-scale stereotyping? What do...

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Main Author:	Arkel, D. van
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2009.
Series:	Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
Subjects:	Antisemitism > History. History. History Antisémitisme > Histoire. Histoire. history (discipline) Humanities. Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. HISTORY > General. Antisemitism. History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines > Sociology > Geschiedenis > Sociologie Electronic books.
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Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Ch 1. The Historiographical Background; Ch 2. Abortive Anti-Semitism; Ch 3. The Origins; Ch 4. Stigmatization, Nascent Hostility, and Social Distance; Ch 5. Jewish-Gentile Relations in Eastern Christendom and the Permissiveness-cum-Terrorization Hypothesis; Ch 6. A Dead Reckoning: The Growth of an Anti Jewish Stereotype in Western Europe; Ch 7. Refutations and Predictions; Ch 8. A Prognosis Checked: A Survey of Medieval Jewish-Gentile Relations in England; Ch 9. A Survey of Jewish-Gentile Relations in Italy.