From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel (Studies in Antisemitism) - Hardcover

Wistrich, Robert S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803240767 ISBN 13: 9780803240766

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2012

Synopsis

From Ambivalence to Betrayal is the first study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel since the origins of European socialism in the 1840s until the present. This pathbreaking synthesis reveals a striking continuity in negative stereotypes of Jews, contempt for Judaism, and negation of Jewish national self-determination from the days of Karl Marx to the current left-wing intellectual assault on Israel. World-renowned expert on the history of antisemitism Robert S. Wistrich provides not only a powerful analysis of how and why the Left emerged as a spearhead of anti-Israel sentiment but also new insights into the wider involvement of Jews in radical movements.
There are fascinating portraits of Marx, Moses Hess, Bernard Lazare, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky, and other Jewish intellectuals, alongside analyses of the darker face of socialist and Communist antisemitism. The closing section eloquently exposes the degeneration of leftist anti-Zionist critiques into a novel form of “anti-racist” racism.

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[ FROM AMBIVALENCE TO BETRAYAL THE LEFT, THE JEWS, AND ISRAEL BY WISTRICH, ROBERT S.](AUTHOR)HARDBACK

Review:

"This is a magisterial work, providing a comprehensive understanding of the origins of the most pernicious challenges currently facing the Jewish people, especially those originating from the enemy within."―Isi Leibler, Jerusalem Post Author: Isi Leibler Source: Jerusalem Post

"With this politically urgent and morally compelling study, Wistrich offers a thoroughly researched and demystifying exploration of leftist biases, stereotypes and delusions regarding Jews, Judaism and the state of Israel."―Vladimir Tismaneanu, International Affairs Author: Vladimir Tismaneanu Source: International Affairs

"Professor Wistrich has now written some 30 scholarly books on Jewish history and philosophy, but his work has been dominated by the subject of anti-Semitism. This book is his finest and most comprehensive on the subject."―Stephen Daisley, Standpoint Author: Stephen Daisley Source: Standpoint

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0803240767
• ISBN 13: 9780803240766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 648