Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany, Alan E. Steinweis (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), xi + 203 pp., cloth 31.50, pbk. (2008) 17.95
In this critical study, Alan Steinweis traces how German scholars—particularly racial theorists, social scientists, and theologians—provided the Third Reich with academic legitimacy and knowledge, and in some cases contributed directly to the radicalization of anti-Jewish policies. The Nazi nadir in...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 514-516 |
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| Summary: | In this critical study, Alan Steinweis traces how German scholars—particularly racial theorists, social scientists, and theologians—provided the Third Reich with academic legitimacy and knowledge, and in some cases contributed directly to the radicalization of anti-Jewish policies. The Nazi nadir in German scholarship will not come as a surprise to readers familiar with the pioneering postwar studies of Max Weinreich and George Mosse, but the specific manner in which scholars manipulated their findings and the various forces that eroded the standards and integrity of scholarship are significant details that Steinweis uncovers and analyzes. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcn043 |