Kodierungen des Antisemitismus: Überlegungen zum Einfluss von Sprache, Recht und Justiz auf die Gestalt der Judenfeindschaft in Deutschland im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert = Codifications of Anti-Semitism : Reflections on the Influence of Language, Law and Justice on the Shape of Anti-Semitism in Germany in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Using examples from the late 19th century to the present, it will be discussed to what extent anti-Semitism was shaped by a "legal code". The pressure of legal repression, however weak it may have been at times, caused anti-Semites to retreat to language formulas that were no longer (or no...

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Subtitles:"Themenheft Antisemitismus als Code. Forschung - Prävention - Intervention (Hg. von Leo Roepert)"
Codifications of Anti-Semitism
Main Author: Jahr, Christoph 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: De Gruyter 2022
In: Aschkenas
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-375
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Antisemitism / Linguistic code / Law / Judiciary / Geschichte 1871-
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
KBB German language area
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
XA Law
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Summary:Using examples from the late 19th century to the present, it will be discussed to what extent anti-Semitism was shaped by a "legal code". The pressure of legal repression, however weak it may have been at times, caused anti-Semites to retreat to language formulas that were no longer (or not yet) legally objectionable, without therefore giving up their convictions. This borderline is fundamentally semantically indeterminable, because associations, puns and cynicism cannot be banned. The legal instruments often come to nothing, because a judiciary under the rule of law may only sanction deeds, not thoughts. Each judgement inevitably redefines this borderline, at least in nuances. By contributing in this way to constituting the discursive framework of anti-Semitism, even if there is a broad social consensus of its ostracism, the law is both a partial solution and part of the problem.
ISSN:1865-9438
Contains:Enthalten in: Aschkenas
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/asch-2022-2021