Contemporary Left Antisemitism
Contemporary Left Antisemitism by David Hirsh, published by Routledge in 2018, offers a critical examination of modern antisemitism that often goes unrecognized in democratic contexts. This 314-page book delves into how antisemitism manifests in various spaces, including trade unions, churches, and left-wing politics, challenging readers to confront the subtleties of this issue in contemporary discourse.
The book explores the complexities surrounding the criticism of Israel and its potential to evolve into antisemitic sentiments. Hirsh discusses the contentious debates over the definition of antisemitism and highlights the challenges faced by those who bring attention to it, often facing accusations of bad faith. By addressing the intersection of antisemitism with political ideologies and identity, particularly in relation to opposition to imperialism and global capitalism, this edition provides a nuanced perspective on a pressing social issue.
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Today’s antisemitism is difficult to recognize because it does not come dressed in a Nazi uniform and it does not openly proclaim its hatred or fear of Jews. This book looks at the kind of antisemitism which is tolerated or which goes unacknowledged in apparently democratic spaces: trade unions, churches, left-wing and liberal politics, social gatherings of the chattering classes and the seminars and journals of radical intellectuals. It analyses how criticism of Israel can mushroom into antisemitism and it looks at struggles over how antisemitism is defined. It focuses on ways in which those who raise the issue of antisemitism are often accused of doing so in bad faith in an attempt to silence or smear. Hostility to Israel has become a signifier of identity, connected to opposition to imperialism, neo-liberalism and global capitalism; the ‘community of the good’ takes on toxic ways of imagining most living Jewish people.
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