Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition by David Feldman

Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition by David Feldman

This book, the first to explore the politics of definitions from an interdisciplinary perspective, encourages readers to reconsider the value and limits of definitions in confronting antisemitism and Islamophobia. In recent years, definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia have become central to the struggle to combat the hostility, harassment and discrimination experienced by Jews and Muslims. Yet these definitions have also provoked fierce controversy: critics have questioned whether they are fit for purpose, or have criticised them as unwelcome attempts to restrict freedom of expression. In this edited collection, historians, social scientists and philosophers reflect on definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia in both the past and the present. Its contributors investigate the different historical contexts which have shaped definitions and examine their different political purposes and meanings, as well as addressing contemporary debates, and identifying ways forus to move beyond our current impasse. This book therefore provides a broad and new perspective from which to comprehend present day minority politics.

David Feldman is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, UK and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.

 

Marc Volovici is Alfred Landecker Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa, Israel.

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ISBN 13	9783031162657
ISBN 10	303116265X
Title	Antisemitism, Islamophobia and the Politics of Definition
Author	David Feldman
Series	Palgrave Critical Studies Of Antisemitism And Racism
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Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Year published	2023-06-06
Number of pages	294
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