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Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World-Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Brown Judaic Studies ; No. 23)

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Descripción Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World-Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Brown Judaic Studies ; No. 23) by Norman Cohn 1981 Scholar's Press softcover very good condition online review "Norman Cohn's Warrant for Genocide examines the history of antisemitic conspiracy theories, focusing in particular on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Cohn traces the Protocols through their antecedents from medieval Spain onward, suggesting the idea of a "hidden" Jewish government originated largely from the Inquisition era seeking out "converted" Jews in post-Reconquista Spain. Rather than tying itself to a particular time or religious movement, the idea of a Jewish conspiracy took on a life of its own, meshing with other conspiracy theories (particularly the Anti-Masonic ones which cropped up in the 18th and 19th Century) and turning up all over Europe, particularly in countries experiencing attempts at liberalization. Thus antisemitism was exploited by French monarchists throughout the 19th Century, culminating in the Dreyfuss Affair; in Bismarck's Germany, when Jews were granted civil liberties; even, to a limited extent, in Italy during the Risorgimento. There were numerous direct ancestors of the Protocols, from the (non-antisemitic) work of French democrat Maurice Joly to the (decidedly antisemitic) novels of Hermann Goedesche, a hack German novelist who first described the "Prague Cemetery" meeting of Jewish leaders as fact. The Protocols, of course, were created and disseminated in the dying days of Tsarist Russia as an explanation for the regime's decline; quickly exposed as a forgery, they nonetheless found their way abroad thanks to White Russian emigres, British reactionaries, American bigots (Henry Ford receives prominent discussion) and, of course, Hitler's Nazis, creating a legacy with an incalculable toll in life and poisoned discourse. Cohn recounts this grotesque history with polish and detachment, allowing the heinous ideas and their acolytes to speak for themselves. A remarkable, if heavy work showing the persistence of ideas, however toxic or specious, in the human mind.". Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1658526700381

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