The Scientification of the "Jewish Question" in Nazi Germany

The Scientification of the
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : 9789004341883
ISBN-13 : 9004341889
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Book Synopsis The Scientification of the "Jewish Question" in Nazi Germany by : Horst Junginger

Download or read book The Scientification of the "Jewish Question" in Nazi Germany written by Horst Junginger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scientification of the "Jewish Question" in Nazi Germany describes the attempt of a considerable number of German scholars to counter the vanishing influence of religious prejudices against the Jews with a new antisemitic rationale. As anti-Jewish stereotypes of an old-fashioned soteriological kind had become dysfunctional under the pressure of secularization, a new, more objective explanation was needed to justify the age-old danger of Judaism in the present. In the 1930s a new research field called “Judenforschung” (Jew research) emerged. Its leading figures amalgamated racial and religious features to verify the existence of an everlasting “Jewish problem”. Along with that they offered scholarly concepts for its solution.


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