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The New Antisemitism: The Resurgence of an Ancient Hatred in the Modern World

Name: The New Antisemitism: The Resurgence of an Ancient Hatred in the Modern World
Brand: Polity Press
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Contributors:

Shalom Lappin

Publisher:

Polity Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Philosophy, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Political, Anthropology

Book Topic:

Cultural & Social

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Release Date:

2024-09-04

ISBN 13:

9781509558568

Weight:

0.95 lbs

Size:

8.10 x 5.20 x 1.20 inches

Pages:

256

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Generations raised after the Second World War took for granted a world of stability and prosperity, and with it the waning of ancient hatreds. Recent decades have been more sobering. Instability and extremism have returned in force. As Shalom Lappin explains in this worrying book, an upsurge of antisemitism across the political spectrum has accompanied them. Recent events in the Middle East have transformed it into a tidal wave.

Lappin explores in particular the disturbing correlation between the expansion of economic globalization and the return of the anti-Jewish ideas that we thought had been consigned to the past. He examines this relationship within the context of the assault on democracy and social cohesion that anti-globalist reactions have launched in different parts of the world. To understand contemporary antisemitism, Lappin argues, it is essential to recognize the way in which its antecedents have become deeply embedded in Western and Middle Eastern cultures over millennia. This allows hostility to Jews to cross political boundaries easily, left and right, in a way that other forms of racism do not. Combatting antisemitism effectively requires a new progressive politics that addresses its root causes.

The New Antisemitism is crucial reading for anyone concerned with the social pathologies unleashed by our current economic and political discontents.

About the Author
Shalom Lappin is Professor of Natural Language Processing at Queen Mary University of London, Emeritus Professor of Computational Linguistics at King's College London, and Research Scientist at the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability at the University of Gothenburg. His main research interests are the application of machine learning to natural language, and cognitive modelling of linguistic knowledge. He has written about political issues in publications such as Dissent and The Guardian.