"They [the Jews] Show Me a Nation Full of Flaws." The Political Use of Jewish Stereotypes by Jews and Non-Jews in the Netherlands (1796-1798)
This article investigates the political use of pejorative images of the Jews during the debates on granting the Jews Dutch citizenship and in the polemical writings of the newly founded maskilic Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam. It will demonstrate that pejorative images of the Jews were used to dem...
| Published in: | European journal of jewish studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
European journal of jewish studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Jews
/ Pejoration (Linguistics)
/ Prejudice
/ Haskalah
/ Identity politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
The Netherlands
B Ashkenazim B Citizenship B maskilim B Stereotypes |
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| Summary: | This article investigates the political use of pejorative images of the Jews during the debates on granting the Jews Dutch citizenship and in the polemical writings of the newly founded maskilic Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam. It will demonstrate that pejorative images of the Jews were used to demarcate the boundaries of identity, not only by the non-Jewish Dutch inhabitants, but also by the Dutch maskilim. This article sheds light on the interplay between politics, stereotyping and identity construction. |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-11411067 |