Description: Philosemitism, Antisemitism and 'the Jews' both honours and continues the work of The Rev. Dr. James Parkes (1896-1981), a pioneer in many different fields of Jewish/non-Jewish relations. It considers the effects of legislative and socio-cultural exclusion on the self-definition of the dominant society and employs an interdisciplinary framework and brings together the work of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and Israel, who work in history, theology, political philosophy, legal theory and literary studies.
Review Quotes: 'With essays that combine historical, theological, philosophical and literary perspectives, and that cover material from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century, the book has much to offer scholars in specific disciplines as well as those engaged in interdisciplinary work... A great advantage of the range of subjects in this volume is that they serve as test cases, complicating our reading and reception of well-known and oft-studied thinkers in relation to tolerance.' Patters of Prejudice