Semites and Anti-Semites

Posted on 07 February 2017 by Bernard Lewis

The Arab Israeli conflict has unsettled the Middle East for over half a century This conflict is primarily political, a clash between states and peoples over territory and history But it is also a conflict that has affected and been affected by prejudice For a long time this was simply the normal prejudice between neighboring people of different religions and ethnic origins In the present age, however, hostility toward Israel and its people has taken the form of anti Semitism a pernicious world view that goes beyond prejudice and ascribes to Jews a quality of cosmic evil First published in the 1980s to universal acclaim, Semites and Anti Semites traces the development of anti Semitism from its beginnings as a poison in the bloodstream of Christianity to its modern entrance into mainstream Islam Bernard Lewis, one of the world s foremost scholars of the Middle East, takes us through the history of the Semitic peoples to the emergence of the Jews and their virulent enemies, and dissects the region s recent tragic developments in a moving new afterword A powerful and important work, beautifully written and edited, and based on a range of erudition in the best sense that few others, if any, could command George Kennan New Download Kindle ePUB Semites and Anti-Semites Author Bernard Lewis – kino-fada.fr 303This was a fascinating look into the history of Anti Semitism Although I very much enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it, I would advise those that read it to not read it too quickly.I read it while on a cruise, over the course of 3 day...I thought the book was rather good and said a lot that I agree with The self contradictions, maybe not noticed by a less careful reader prevented my from rating ithighly Also, the author approached the obvious conclusion that modern anti Zionism is old wine in new bottles i.e anti Semitism.A very good explication of modern anti Semitism in the Muslim Third World, shorn of the specialist s perspective that some people find troubling about Lewis This isn t Lewis writing about Muslim rage deriving from the Turkish failure to grasp timekeeping as well as Europeans it s a reasonable and knowing treatment of anti Semitism in a particular time and place.The book contains one very valuable scholarly distinction that is worth the price of admission There are two main kinds of racism th A very good explication of modern anti Semitism in the Muslim Third World, shorn of the specialist s perspective that some people find troubling about Lewis This isn t Lewis writing about Muslim rage deriving from the Turkish failure to grasp timekeeping as well as Europeans it s a reasonable and knowing treatment of anti Semitism in a particular time and place.The book contains one very valuable scholarly distinction that is worth the price of admission There are two main kinds of racism the exploitive and pragmatic variety, and the eliminationist and ideological type An example of the former is Antebellum slavery in the United States an example of the latter is Nazi Germany This is a quantitative rather than qualitative distinction Lewis isn t saying one is worse than the other and it s analytically crucial You come to rea...Read Hebrew translationYet another of Bernard Lewis excellent books He really is the leading expert on Middle East issues.The most interesting part of the book for me was his tracing the history of Anti semitism in the Arab world He shows that the modern day Arab Anti semitism, is actually imported from good, old fashioned Christian European Anti semitism that we all know so well, while classical Islam s stance toward Jews was quite different Another interesting thing is that the book was wr Read Hebrew translationYet another of Bernard Lewis excellent books He really is the leading expert on Middle East issues.The most interesting part of the book for me was his tracing the history of Anti semitism in the Arab world He shows that the modern day Arab Anti semitism, is actually imported from good, old fashioned Christian European Anti semitism that we all know so well, while classical Islam s stance toward Jews was quite different Another interesting thing is that the book was written in 1986, but really could have been written yesterday Nothing has changed I had always thought that the post modern Left s unwavering support of the Arabs, whether or not it s Anti semitism in disguise, wasrecent.Unfortunately, the ending has proven to be a bit optimistic Radical and violent Anti s...What an amazing 100 first pages However the book eventually loses speedI fully disagreed on Lewis interpretation that the radical left is anti semitic Even though he does pick the most damning of quotes from Marx, Engles, Bakunin, and Proudhun.I m happy to have this book within my colle...M thi bi kitap Soyk r m , srail in kurulu unu, hristiyan yahudi, m sl man yahudi at mas n , anti semitizmin do u unu ve ilerleyi ini, yahudilerin tarihsel s recini b t n olarak ok iyi ifade ediyor B y k keyif ald m diyebilirim Bernard Lewis alan nda en iyisi.Its a very short book and describes the perception and misconception of Gentiles towards Judaism in a very perfect way.

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07 February 2017

Bernard Lewis