Marcus, Kenneth L. (President and General Counsel, President and General Counsel, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law)

The Definition of Anti-Semitism Marcus, Kenneth L. (President and General Counsel, President and General Counsel, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law)

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; The definition of anti-Semitism explores the ways in which anti-Semitism has historically been defined, demonstrates the weaknesses in prior efforts, and develops a new definition of anti-Semitism--; Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Attitude, Behavior, and Ideology Chapter Two: Race and Religion Chapter Three: Time and Eternity Chapter Four: Universality and Particularity Chapter Five: Jewish Identity and the Figural Jew Chapter Six: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Notes IndexBiographical Note: Former Staff Director of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; former Lllie and Nathan Ackerman Chair in Equality and Justice in America, Baruch College School of Public Affairs; currently President and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; author of Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010) Publisher Marketing: What is anti-Semitism? The Definition of Anti-Semitism is the first book-length study to explore this central question in the context of the new anti-Semitism. Previous efforts to define 'anti-Semitism' have been complicated by the disreputable origins of the term, the discredited sources of its etymology, the diverse manifestations of the concept, and the contested politics of its applications. Nevertheless the task is an important one, not only because definitional clarity is required for the term to be understood, but also because the current conceptual confusion prevents resolution of many incidents in which anti-Semitism is manifested. The Definition of Anti-Semitism explores the various ways in which anti-Semitism has historically been defined, demonstrates the weaknesses in prior efforts, and develops a new definition of anti-Semitism, especially in the context of the 'new anti-Semitism' in American higher education.

Contributor Bio:  Marcus, Kenneth L Kenneth L. Marcus holds the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Chair in Equality and Justice in America at the City University of New York's Bernard M. Baruch College School of Public Affairs. He is also Director of the Initiative on Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism at the Institute for Jewish and Community Research. Previously, Marcus was the Staff Director at the US Commission on Civil Rights. He speaks widely on college campuses and before community groups, and he publishes prolifically in academic law reviews and opinion journals.