English and German Nationalist and Anti-Semitic Discourse, 1871-1945

Author(s): Geraldine Horan, Felicity Rash, Daniel Wildmann
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Switzerland
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 9783034302586, 978-3034302586

Synopsis

This volume contains selected papers from an international conference of the same name held at Queen Mary, University of London, on 10-11 November 2010. The contributions from scholars working in the fields of modern political and cultural history, political science, modern European literature and linguistics provide interdisciplinary perspectives on nationalism and anti-Semitism in English- and German- language contexts from the beginning of the German Second Reich [tel] to the end of World War II [tel]. Some articles examine critically theoretical constructs used to justify and defend anti-Semitism in Germany, focusing on the realms of science, music, the press and film. Others discuss the role of anti-Semitism in constructing voelkisch-nationalist notions of 'German' identity, as well as discourses of German colonialism. As a counterpart to German perspectives, several articles chart contemporary British reactions to German anti-Semitism and radical nationalism.