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Poland's threatening other : the image of the Jew from 1880 to the present

Title
Poland's threatening other : the image of the Jew from 1880 to the present / Joanna Beata Michlic.
Author
Michlic, Joanna B.
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.

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Description
xii, 386 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Interrogating the myth of the Jew as Poland's foremost internal 'threatening other, ' harmful to Poland, its people, and to all aspects of its national life, this book charts theoretical directions in the study of Polish-Jewish relations. It analyses the nature and impact of anti-Jewish prejudices on modern Polish society and culture.
Subject
  • Jews > Persecutions > History. > Poland
  • Antisemitism > Poland > History
  • Nationalism > Poland
  • Jews > Poland > Public opinion
  • Public opinion > Poland
  • Antisemitism
  • Ethnic relations
  • Jews > Persecutions
  • Jews > Public opinion
  • Nationalism
  • Politics and government
  • Public opinion
  • Antisemitismus
  • Juden
  • Judenbild
  • Nationalismus
  • Joden
  • Antisemitisme
  • Representatie (algemeen)
  • Publieke opinie
  • Mniejszości narodowe > Polska > 19-20 w
  • Antysemityzm > Polska > 20 w
  • Polityka narodowościowa > Polska > 19-20 w
  • Żydzi > Polska > 19-20 w
  • Poland > Politics and government
  • Poland > Ethnic relations
  • Poland
  • Polen
  • Polen (land)
  • Juden
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-365) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the concept of the Jew as the threatening other and modern nation building in Poland -- The representation of the Jew as the threatening other : a historical introduction, part I -- The myth of the Jew as the threatening other in interwar Poland, 1918-39 : a historical introduction, part II -- The myth and anti-Jewish violence between 1918 and 1939 : instigation, rationalization, and justification of violence -- Perceptions of Jews during the German occupation of Poland, 1939-45 : a new set of political and social circumstances -- Old wine in a new bottle : Polish perceptions of Jews in the early postwar period, 1945-49 -- Judeo-Communists, Judeo-Stalinists, Judeo-anti-Communists, and national nihilists : the Communist regime and the myth, 1950s-80s -- Conclusion : the beginning of the end of the image, 1989-2000s.
ISBN
  • 0803232403
  • 9780803232402
LCCN
  • 2005031549
  • 9780803232402
  • 2373047
OCLC
  • ocm62302216
  • 62302216
  • SCSB-14423904
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library