Studying the Jew : scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany /
Steinweis, Alan E.
Studying the Jew : scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany / Alan E. Steinweis. - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (203 pages)
Originally published 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-194) and index.
An "antisemitism of reason" -- Racializing the Jew -- The blood and sins of their fathers -- Dissimilation through scholarship -- Pathologizing the Jew.
Annotation Early in his political career, Adolf Hitler declared the importance of what he called an antisemitism of reason. Determined not to rely solely on traditional, cruder forms of prejudice against Jews, he hoped that his exclusionary and violent policies would be legitimized by scientific scholarship. The result was a disturbing, and long-overlooked, aspect of National Socialism: Nazi Jewish Studies. Studying the Jew investigates the careers of a few dozen German scholars who forged an interdisciplinary field, drawing upon studies in anthropology, biology, religion, history, and the social sciences to create a comprehensive portrait of the Jewone with devastating consequences. Working within the universities and research institutions of the Third Reich, these men fabricated an elaborate empirical basis for Nazi antisemitic policies. They supported the Nazi campaign against Jews by defining them as racially alien, morally corrupt, and inherently criminal. In a chilling story of academics who perverted their talents and distorted their research in support of persecution and genocide, Studying the Jew explores the intersection of ideology and scholarship, the state and the university, the intellectual and his motivations, to provide a new appreciation of the use and abuse of learning and the horrors perpetrated in the name of reason.
9780674043992 (electronic bk.) 0674043995 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvjj2cz3 JSTOR
1900-1999
Antisemitism--History--Germany--20th century.
National socialism and scholarship.
National socialism and intellectuals.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
Antisémitisme--Histoire--Allemagne--20e siècle.
Nazisme et savoir.
Nazisme et intellectuels.
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Causes.
HISTORY--Holocaust.
HISTORY--Europe--Germany.
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Intellectual life.
National socialism and intellectuals.
National socialism and scholarship.
War--Causes.
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Antisemitisme.
Joden.
Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Allemagne--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Germany.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS146.G4 / S73 2008eb
940.53/180943
Studying the Jew : scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany / Alan E. Steinweis. - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (203 pages)
Originally published 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-194) and index.
An "antisemitism of reason" -- Racializing the Jew -- The blood and sins of their fathers -- Dissimilation through scholarship -- Pathologizing the Jew.
Annotation Early in his political career, Adolf Hitler declared the importance of what he called an antisemitism of reason. Determined not to rely solely on traditional, cruder forms of prejudice against Jews, he hoped that his exclusionary and violent policies would be legitimized by scientific scholarship. The result was a disturbing, and long-overlooked, aspect of National Socialism: Nazi Jewish Studies. Studying the Jew investigates the careers of a few dozen German scholars who forged an interdisciplinary field, drawing upon studies in anthropology, biology, religion, history, and the social sciences to create a comprehensive portrait of the Jewone with devastating consequences. Working within the universities and research institutions of the Third Reich, these men fabricated an elaborate empirical basis for Nazi antisemitic policies. They supported the Nazi campaign against Jews by defining them as racially alien, morally corrupt, and inherently criminal. In a chilling story of academics who perverted their talents and distorted their research in support of persecution and genocide, Studying the Jew explores the intersection of ideology and scholarship, the state and the university, the intellectual and his motivations, to provide a new appreciation of the use and abuse of learning and the horrors perpetrated in the name of reason.
9780674043992 (electronic bk.) 0674043995 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvjj2cz3 JSTOR
1900-1999
Antisemitism--History--Germany--20th century.
National socialism and scholarship.
National socialism and intellectuals.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Causes.
Antisémitisme--Histoire--Allemagne--20e siècle.
Nazisme et savoir.
Nazisme et intellectuels.
Holocauste, 1939-1945--Causes.
HISTORY--Holocaust.
HISTORY--Europe--Germany.
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Intellectual life.
National socialism and intellectuals.
National socialism and scholarship.
War--Causes.
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Antisemitisme.
Joden.
Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
Germany--Ethnic relations.
Allemagne--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Germany.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS146.G4 / S73 2008eb
940.53/180943