JWST 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Omnipotence, Investigative Journalism, Balkan Wars
4 Apr 2017
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Historians previously argued that there was a unique german path to holocaust. Howev more recently has been argued that all of europe had long murdered/excluded minorities/colonial subjects on both individ/state levels. Nazi ideas abt community/difference come from long european history. Around 1900, jews increasingly granted new rights/emancipated. In conjunction w rise of civic natlism/nation state. Many jews responded to emancipation by shedding jewish characteristics, thinking of themselves as german, french etc. Jews enjoy greater degree of commercial success. Transition from small-trade to industry, banking etc. also doctors, lawyers, journalists. Yet most jews lived in the east--aust-hung emp, russia. Most jews lived in small towns in prov of galicia. Tho there were exceptions/groups that pursued acculturation. Rise of antisemitism/an antisemitism beyond just anti-jewish relig. New antisemitism--an ideology whose followers envision jews as the culprits behind everything wrong w modernity. Whether or not someone is an antisemite is a litmus test, determine other beliefs.
