Rejecting Judeo-Christian Privilege: The First Step Towards Semitic Solidarity
As a first step towards Semitic solidarity, I (cautiously) engage with a privilege that is complex, in that it is partially attributed and partially assumed: Judeo-Christian privilege, which has yet to be studied by scholars. I begin by conceptualizing and analyzing Judeo-Christian privilege, which,...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Jewish studies quarterly |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2020]
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Jewish studies quarterly
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Shoah
B Anti-semitism B Religion B Islamophobia B Racism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | As a first step towards Semitic solidarity, I (cautiously) engage with a privilege that is complex, in that it is partially attributed and partially assumed: Judeo-Christian privilege, which has yet to be studied by scholars. I begin by conceptualizing and analyzing Judeo-Christian privilege, which, like all privileges, is both material and ideational. Next, I consider the argument for and against the uniqueness of the Shoah that helped establish Judeo-Christian privilege. I then turn to arguments about anti-Semitism, and specifically its relation to other forms of racism and how these argument support Judeo-Christian privilege. Lastly, I argue against using a rhetoric of uniqueness, because it potentially prevents the identification and challenging of a violent pattern of exclusion that remains present today. Without denying the importance of differences between genocides and forms of racism, I aim to demonstrate how these arguments can be an impediment to solidarity and justice. |
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| ISSN: | 1868-6788 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Jewish studies quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/jsq-2020-0020 |