The State, the Nation, and the Jews is a study of Germany s late nineteenth-century antisemitism dispute and of the liberal tradition that engendered it. The Berlin Antisemitism Dispute began in 1879 when a leading German liberal, Heinrich von Treitschke, wrote an article supporting anti-Jewish activities that seemed at the time to gel into an antisemitic movement. Treitschke s comments immediately provoked a debate within the German intellectual community. Responses from supporters and critics alike argued the relevance, meaning, and origins of this new antisemitism. Ultimately the...

Modern antisemitism and the modern discipline of sociology not only emerged in the same period, but antagonism and hostility between the two discourses notwithstanding also overlapped and complemented each other. Sociology emerged in a society where modernization was often perceived as destroying unity and social cohesion. Antisemitism was likewise a response to the modern age, offering in its vilifications of the Jew an explanation of society s deficiencies and crises.
Antisemitism and the Constitution of Sociology is a collection of essays providing a comparative analysis of...

Beginning classical social theory introduces students and educated general readers to thirteen key social theorists by way of examining a single, exemplary text by each author, ranging from Comte to Adorno. It answers the need for a book that helps students develop the skill to critically read theory.

Rather than learning how to admire the canonical theorists, readers are alerted to the flow of their arguments and the texts' contradictions and limitations. Having gotten 'under the skin' of one key text by each author will provide readers with a solid starting point for further study....