Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany

214 Pages·2006·0.54 MB·English

by  Alan E. Steinweis

Studying the Jew

Studying the Jew
Scholarly Antisemitism in
Nazi Germany
Alan E. Steinweis
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
Copyright © 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Steinweis, Alan E.
Studying the Jew : scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany / Alan Steinweis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-02205-8 (cloth : alk paper)
ISBN 978-0-674-02761-9 (pbk.)
1. Antisemitism—Germany—History—20th century. 2. National socialism
and scholarship. 3. National socialism and intellectuals. 4. Holocaust,
Jewish (1939–1945)—Causes. 5. Germany—Intellectual life—20th century.
6. Germany—Ethnic relations. I. Title.
DS146.G4S73 2006
940.53'180943—dc22
2005052831
For Susanna

Contents
Introduction 1
1 An “Antisemitism of Reason” 7
2 Racializing the Jew 23
3 The Blood and Sins of Their Fathers 64
4 Dissimilation through Scholarship 92
5 Pathologizing the Jew 123
Epilogue 152
Notes 161
Acknowledgments 195
Index 197

Studying the Jew