Studying the Jew Studying the Jew Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany Alan E. Steinweis HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Copyright © 2006 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2008 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steinweis, Alan E. Studying the Jew : scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany / Alan Steinweis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-674-02205-8 (cloth : alk paper) ISBN 978-0-674-02761-9 (pbk.) 1. Antisemitism—Germany—History—20th century. 2. National socialism and scholarship. 3. National socialism and intellectuals. 4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—Causes. 5. Germany—Intellectual life—20th century. 6. Germany—Ethnic relations. I. Title. DS146.G4S73 2006 940.53'180943—dc22 2005052831 For Susanna Contents Introduction 1 1 An “Antisemitism of Reason” 7 2 Racializing the Jew 23 3 The Blood and Sins of Their Fathers 64 4 Dissimilation through Scholarship 92 5 Pathologizing the Jew 123 Epilogue 152 Notes 161 Acknowledgments 195 Index 197 Studying the Jew
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