TY - BOOK AU - Laqueur,Walter TI - The changing face of antisemitism: from ancient times to the present day SN - 9780199774739 AV - DS145 .L325 2006eb U1 - 305.892/4009 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Oxford University Press KW - Antisemitism KW - History KW - Christianity and antisemitism KW - Judaism KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Islam KW - Antisémitisme KW - Histoire KW - Christianisme et antisémitisme KW - Judaïsme KW - Christianisme KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - bisacsh KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Minority Studies KW - fast KW - Interfaith relations KW - Antisemitismus KW - gnd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index; The new antisemitism -- Interpretations of antisemitism -- Ancient and medieval anti-Judaism -- The Enlightenment and after -- Racialism and Jewish conspiracies -- Toward the Holocaust -- Contemporary antisemitism -- Assimilation and its discontents -- Antisemitism and the Left -- Antisemitism and the Muslim world -- In place of a conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - For thirty years the director of the Wiener Library in London--the leading institute for the study of anti-Semitism--Walter Laqueur here offers both a comprehensive history of anti-Semitism as well as an illuminating look at the newest wave of this phenomenon. Laqueur begins with an invaluable historical account of this pernicious problem, tracing the evolution from a predominantly religious anti-Semitism--stretching back to the middle ages--to a racial anti-Semitism that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author then uses this historical account as backdrop to a brillian UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=363083 ER -