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By Robert S. Wistrich

ISBN-10: 0415516196

ISBN-13: 9780415516198

ISBN-10: 9057024977

ISBN-13: 9789057024979

on the shut of the 20th century the stereotyping and demonization of 'others', no matter if on spiritual, nationalist, racist, or political grounds, has develop into a burning factor. but relatively little recognition has been paid to how and why we fabricate pictures of the 'other' as an enemy or 'demon' to be destroyed. This cutting edge ebook fills that hole via an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural technique that brings jointly a distinct array of historians, anthropologists, psychologists, literary critics, and feminists.
The old sweep covers Greco-Roman Antiquity, the center a long time, and the trendy period. Antisemitism gets specific awareness as a result of its toughness and centrality to the Holocaust, however it is analyzed right here in the a lot broader framework of racism and xenophobia. The plurality of viewpoints expressed during this quantity supply attention-grabbing insights into what's universal and what's particular to the numerous different types of prejudice, stereotyping, demonization, and hatred.

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