Ten Myths about the Jews (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781789760477)

Ten Myths about the Jews analyzes the complex facets of anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism in an accessible and easy-to-read format. Based on wide research, Brazilian historian Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro examines different manifestations against Jews and their faith through history and political culture along the centuries. Ten omnipresent accusations were configured by anti-Semites in axioms that became myths: Myth 1: The Jews killed Christ. Myth 2: The Jews are a secret entity. Myth 3: The Jews control the world economy. Myth 4: There are no poor Jews. Myth 5: The Jews are greedy. Myth 6: The Jews have no homeland. Myth 7: The Jews are racists. Myth 8: The Jews are parasites. Myth 9: The Jews control the media. Myth 10: The Jews manipulate the United States. Tucci Carneiro unmasks the roots of anti-Semitism and exposes contemporary prejudices. Her book is an invitation to reflect upon current realities marked by racism and shows how the main myths about the Jews have been vested of a verisimilitude th

Author: Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro
ISBN-10: 178976047X
ISBN-13: 9781789760477
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2020
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d

About the Author

Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro is Historian and Senior Professor, Department of History, FFLCH, University of Sao Paulo. She is the Coordinator of LEER (a Studies Laboratory on Ethnicity, Racism and Discrimination) where she has developed the Arqshoah project a Virtual Archive on the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism. She is the author of several books on Intolerance, the Holocaust, Immigration, Jews, Art History and Human Rights. She was the recipient of the Jabuti Award in 1994, 2004 and 2011.