Bernard Lazare

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 389 pages
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Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596056015

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Anti-Semitism by Bernard Lazare Pdf

I do not approve of antisemitism; it is a narrow, one-sided view, still I have sought to account for it. [It] has flourished in all countries and in all ages, before and after the Christian era, at Alexandria, Rome, and Antiachia, in Arabia, and in Persia, in mediaeval and modern Europe, in a word, in all parts of the world wherever there are or have been Jews, -such an opinion, it seemed to me, could not spring from a mere whim or fancy, but must be the effect of deep and serious causes.-from the PrefaceBernard Lazare was a Paris literary critic when his imagination was fired by the notorious case of French Jewish army officer Captain Alfred Dreyfus, tried as a traitor on trumped-up charges, a startling example of French anti-semitism. But Lazare, who became Dreyfus's great public champion, was no stranger to this particular form of bigotry-that same year, 1894, he published what is considered his finest work, Anti-Semitism: Its History and Causes.In this sweeping history of prejudice and hatred, Lazare explores anti-semitism from antiquity through the modern era, with an emphasis on anti-Judaic literature and law, and how nationalism and religious identity fueled hatred of Jews. An extraordinary history of entrenched prejudices, this a must-read for those seeking an understanding of anti-semitism and the root causes of its horrendous legacy of the 20th century.French writer and anarchist LAZARE MARCUS MANASSE BERNARD (1865-1903), aka Bernard Lazare, is also the author of Anti-Semitism and Revolution (1899).

Author : Nelly Wilson
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Bernard-Lazare: Antisemitism and the problem of Jewish identity in late nineteenth-century France by Nelly Wilson Pdf

Bernard-Lazare (1865-1903) was a French Jewish writer and a prime mover in the Dreyfus Affair. After being involved in the Symbolist and anarchist movements, he took up the cause of Dreyfus in his brochure “Une erreur judiciaire” which anticipated Zola’s “J’accuse” by three years. He was an early analyst of antisemitism and in later years an ardent Zionist whose outspoken views provoked much controversy. The Dreyfus Affair lies at the center of this book as it was the turning-point in Bernard-Lazare’s life. The first part of the book traces Bernard-Lazare’s early career: his devotion to Mallarmé and defense of the Symbolist aesthetic as a philosophy of freedom; his adoption of anarchist principles which satisfied his love of freedom, his sympathy for oppressed individuality and minority groups, and his passion for social justice; above all his analysis of antisemitism where, at first, he argued for social assimilation only to reject this idea later in favor of cultural pluralism. The second part offers a history of the Dreyfus Affair and of how Bernard-Lazare drew attention to the grave irregularities of the case and convinced others of the threat posed to Republican democracy. Finally, Nelly Wilson shows how Bernard-Lazare came to espouse Jewish nationalism in a more radical and solitary way than did Herzl, the founder of Zionism, and how, after his death, his memory was kept alive by Péguy, who saw in Bernard-Lazare the embodiment of the prophetic spirit. “[A] finely-crafted study... Dr. Wilson has more than mastered her subject... Readers will benefit from her work” — Michael R. Marrus, University of Toronto

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Honoré Champion
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : UOM:39015043008807

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Bernard Lazare, anarchiste et nationaliste juif by Bernard Lazare Pdf

Author : Nelly Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521157919

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Bernard-Lazare: Antisemitism and the Problems of Jewish Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century France by Nelly Wilson Pdf

Bernard-Lazare (1865-1903) was a French Jewish writer who was the prime mover in the Dreyfus Affair. The Dreyfus Affair lies at the centre of this 1978 book as it was the turning point in Bernard-Lazare's life. In the first part of the book Dr Wilson traces his early career: his defence of the Symbolist aesthetic as a philosophy of freedom; his sympathy for oppressed individuality and minority groups, and his passion for social justice; above all his analysis of antisemitism where, initially, he argued for social assimilation only to reject such an idea later in favour of a concept of cultural pluralism. The second part offers a history of the Dreyfus Affair and the way Bernard-Lazare drew attention to its grave irregularities. Finally, the book explores how he came to espouse Jewish nationalism in a much more radical way than did Herzl, the founder of Zionism.

Author : Nelly Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835771423

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Bernard-Lazare by Nelly Wilson Pdf

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0911038434

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Antisemitism by Bernard Lazare Pdf

Bernard Lazare's controversial magnum opus, originally published in France in 1894, asks why the Jews have aroused such hatred for three thousand years. The journalist, though severed from his Jewish upbringing, was fiercely committed to social justice and could not ignore a shocking antisemitism in the fin-de-siecle circles he knew. In searching for its historic causes, he was also searching for his own roots and place in the world. Lazare begins his "impartial study" by considering whatever in the Jewish character might be to blame for antisemitism. Then he looks outward to those nations among which the Israelites dispersed, examining the different faces of antisemitism from Greco-Roman antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century. Lazare brings his research and study to bear on whatever form antisemitism has taken: ethnic, nationalist, economic, social, literary, philosophical. Recognizing that antisemitism is fundamentally based on fear of the stranger and the need for a scapegoat, Lazare concludes with a surprising scenario for the future. This remarkable book conveys Lazare's own spiritual growth. France's Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s would galvanize him to a passionate battle against antisemitism.

Author : Annette Aronowicz
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804730059

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Jews and Christians on Time and Eternity by Annette Aronowicz Pdf

This book grapples with a wide range of contemporary ethical and religious issues through the lens of the reflections of Charles Péguy on his friend and mentor Bernard-Lazare. Both Péguy, a leading French Catholic poet and philosopher, and Bernard-Lazare, an iconoclastic Jewish intellectual, were passionately involved in the Dreyfus Affair, which forms the background of these reflections. The book is in four parts. The first sets Péguy’s portrait of Bernard-Lazare in a series of contexts, analyzing it against the background of the rampant antisemitism of its time, situating it in relation to present-day discussions about the "Other,” and, especially, placing it within various twentieth-century attempts to rethink religion. Péguy’s great contribution in this area lies in redirecting our attention to the ways human beings respond to defeat, and to the ways the intellect is oriented by something outside itself, as keys to the discovery of the transcendent. His work reformulates the meaning of hope and incarnation. The second part of the book presents Péguy’s portrait of Bernard-Lazare in a complete English translation. In the third part, the author shows the affinity of Péguy’s thought to that of two Jewish thinkers, Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas. All three, in rethinking the religious dimension, located it amidst the daily interactions between people. The final part explores the implications of this notion of transcendence for the task of interpretation in the social sciences and the humanities.

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021466425

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The Social Conception of Judaism and the Jewish People by Bernard Lazare Pdf

In this seminal work, French Jewish journalist Bernard Lazare examines the social and historical factors that have shaped the conception of Judaism and the Jewish people throughout the ages. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and his own personal experience, Lazare provides a deep and nuanced analysis of the cultural and religious identity of one of the world's oldest and most influential religions. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Nelly Jussem-Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : OCLC:222568755

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Bernard-Lazare by Nelly Jussem-Wilson Pdf

Author : Seth Lazar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198712985

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Sparing Civilians by Seth Lazar Pdf

Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate.

Author : Robert S. Wistrich
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803240834

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From Ambivalence to Betrayal by Robert S. Wistrich Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Lowy
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786630872

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Redemption and Utopia by Michael Lowy Pdf

Classic study of Jewish libertarian thought, from Walter Benjamin to Franz Kafka Towards the end of the nineteenth century, there appeared in Central Europe a generation of Jewish intellectuals whose work was to transform modern culture. Drawing at once on the traditions of German Romanticism and Jewish messianism, their thought was organized around the cabalistic idea of the “tikkoun”: redemption. Redemption and Utopia uses the concept of “elective affinity” to explain the surprising community of spirit that existed between redemptive messianic religious thought and the wide variety of radical secular utopian beliefs held by this important group of intellectuals. The author outlines the circumstances that produced this unusual combination of religious and non-religious thought and illuminates the common assumptions that united such seemingly disparate figures as Martin Buber, Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin and Georg Lukács.

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Trials (Treason)
ISBN : OXFORD:590587836

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The Truth about the Dreyfus Case by Bernard Lazare Pdf

Author : Bernard Lazare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798669223960

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Antisemitism by Bernard Lazare Pdf

Bernard Lazare's controversial magnum opus, originally published in France in 1894, asks why the Jews have aroused such hatred for three thousand years. The journalist, though severed from his Jewish upbringing, was fiercely committed to social justice and could not ignore a shocking antisemitism in the fin-de-siecle circles he knew. In searching for its historic causes, he was also searching for his own roots and place in the world.

Author : Jacques Picard,Jacques M. Revel,Michael P. Steinberg,Idith Zertal
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780691164236

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Makers of Jewish Modernity by Jacques Picard,Jacques M. Revel,Michael P. Steinberg,Idith Zertal Pdf

A unique reference to leading Jewish figures who helped shape the modern world This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler; and artists such as Mark Rothko. The book provides fresh insights into the lives and careers of novelists like Franz Kafka, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; social scientists such as Sigmund Freud; religious leaders and thinkers such as Avraham Kook and Martin Buber; and many others. Written by a diverse group of leading contemporary scholars from around the world, these vibrant and frequently surprising portraits offer a global perspective that highlights the multiplicity of Jewish experience and thought. A reference book like no other, Makers of Jewish Modernity includes an informative general introduction that situates its subjects within the broader context of Jewish modernity as well as a rich selection of photos.