MMW 14 Lecture 19: Zionism and the Modern Specter of Contending Nationalism
23 Jan 2019
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Lecture 19: zionism and the modern specter of. The role of exclusion, differentiation, and antagonism in imagining a nation . The problematic legacy of the nationalist ideology for the 20th century and beyond. Anti-semitism and jewish migrations in the 19th century i) In spite of, or as a result of, efforts to assimilate jews? (1) More eager to persecute because trends they didn"t like were occurring (a) In germany, hep-hep pogroms and 1848 riots a) Progroms--> hep-hep is a chant they used to harass. In france, the dreyfus affair of 1894 a) Army officer in french army and rumor spread that he was spying for germany. Trial exposed the racial fault lines in europe. In eastern europe, with less protection and inhibition, violent pogroms in 1880s b) ii) (1) (2) Russian jews assimilated else where to escape progroms (a) (b) Influx of jews to france and germany further accentuated racial anxieties (a)
