Racism in Europe 1870-2000

by MacMaster, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780333711200
• ISBN10: 0333711203
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

The study of modern racism has tended to treat anti-Semitism and anti-black racism as separate and unconnected phenomena. This innovative study argues that a full understanding of the origins and development of racism in Europe after 1870 needs to examine the structure and interrelationships between the two dominant forms of prejudice. The "crisis of modernity" found expression in a deepening political racism which was formulated, according to national contexts, through negative stereotypes of the black and the Jew which were structured in quite different ways. By weaving together the changing spatial and temporal dimensions of anti-Semitic and anti-black prejudice Neil MacMaster provides a fresh and more global framework for understanding modern racism.

Author Biography

Neil MacMaster is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Roots of Modern Racism PART 1: 1870-1914 The Race: Degeneration and Eugenics, 1870-1914 Blackness without Blacks, 1870-1914 The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism, 1870-1914 PART 2: 1914-1945 Anti-Black Racism in an Age of Total War, 1914-1945 Anti-Semitism in the Nazi Era, 1914-1945 PART 3: 1945-2000 Racism in the Age of Labour Immigration, 1945-1974 The 'New Racism' and National Populism Conclusion A Short Guide to Further Reading Index

Introduction: The Roots of Modern Racism * Part 1: 1870-1914 * The Race: Degeneration and Eugenics, 1870-1914 * Blackness without Blacks, 1870-1914 * The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism, 1870-1914 * Part II: 1914-1945 * Anti-Black Racism in an Age of Total War, 1914-1945 * Anti-Semitism in the Nazi Era, 1914-1945 * Part III: 1945-2000 * Racism in the Age of Labour Immigration, 1945-1974 * The "New Racism" and National Populism * Conclusion * A Short Guide to Further Reading