Antisemitism in an Era of Transition: Continuities and Impact in Post-Communist Poland and Hungary

ISBN-13: 9783631646298 / Twarda / 2014 / 301 str.

Guesnet, François

Opis

The post-Communist transition in Eastern Central Europe has brought about democratic reform, liberalized economies and accession to the European Union, but also the emergence of political movements that revert to antisemitic rhetoric and arguments. This volume compares the genealogies and impact of antisemitism in contemporary Poland and Hungary. Leading and emerging scholars contrast developments in both countries from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the present, analysing the roles played by organised religion, political leaders, media and press, but also by Communist Parties. They present historical analysis as well as the results of qualitative and quantitative research on contemporary public memory, the image of the Jew, antisemitic media, political constituencies and the interplay of prejudices, specifically anti-Roma racism. A topical bibliography of research on antisemitism in post-Communist Eastern Central Europe offers pathways to further research.

Spis treści

Contents: François Guesnet/Gwen Jones: Antisemitism in Poland and Hungary after 1989: Determinants of social impact - Brian Porter-Sz cs: Why Do Polish Catholics Hate the Jews? A reasoned answer to a stupid question - János Dési: An Old-New Story: The continued existence of the Tiszaeszlár blood libel - Grzegorz Krzywiec: Between Realpolitik and Redemption: Roman Dmowski's solution to the «Jewish question» - László Karsai: Miklós Horthy (1868-1957) and the «Jewish Question» in Hungary, 1920-1945 - Victor Karady: Jews and the Communist Commitment in Hungary and Eastern Central Europe after 1945 - András Kovács: Antisemitic Elements in Communist Discourse: A continuity factor in post-war Hungarian antisemitism - Adam Ostolski: Public Memory in Transition: Antisemitism and the memory of World War II in Poland, 1980-2010 - Gwen Jones: The work of Antisemitic Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Hungarianpublishing revivals since 1989 - Mikolaj Winiewski/Michal Bilewicz: The Emergence of Antisemitism in Times of Rapid Social Change: Survey results from Poland - Pál Tamás: The Indicators of Hungarian National Populism: What does antisemitism show? - Hanna Kwiatkowska: Old and New Fora for Antisemitic Discourse: Reflections on Poland since the 1990s. - Claude Cahn: Divida et Impera: (Re)Creating the Hungarian National Gypsy.

O autorze

François Guesnet is Sidney and Elizabeth Corob Reader in Modern Jewish History at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. He specialises in the early modern and nineteenth century history of Polish and eastern European Jewry.
Gwen Jones is Honorary Research Associate at the UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and Web Editor for the Open Society Archives, Budapest. She specialises in early twentieth-century Hungarian literature.