Confronting Fascism in the Arabic Jewish Press
Subtitle: Intellectual Debates and Entangled Loyalties, 1933-1948
By: Lucia Admiraal
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2024
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780755652785; 9780755652754; 9780755652761; 9780755652778
Subjects: Fascism; Jews; History; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Jewish studies; Middle East
Description: During the 1930s and 1940s, Jews in the Middle East took part in extensive debates on fascism in the public sphere. How did the rise of fascism impact the ways in which Jews in the region envisioned the past, present and future? Confronting Fascism in the Arabic Jewish Press examines Jewish discussions on the positions and identities of Jews in the Middle East within the context of multifocal debates on fascism. Focussing on the Arabic Jewish press in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, it studies the ideas of its editors and main contributors and their intellectual networks. Putting those debates within the context of social, political and national reorientations following the end of the Ottoman Empire, the book uses an ideas-based and conceptual approach to also connect this history to global debates on fascism centred on the concepts of race, civilization and religion. In doing so, it situates Jewish discussions on fascism in the Middle East not only at the heart of Arab intellectual history, but also as part of a globalizing public sphere during the interwar, war and immediate post-war periods (1933-1948).   The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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Table of contents: title: List of Figures  Preface  Acknowledgements  Notes on Transliteration 1. Introduction  2. Middle Eastern Jewish Intellectuals in the Age of Reform  3. The Idea of a Semitic Brotherhood  4. The Jewish Contribution to Civilization Discourse  5. Viewing Fascism through the Lens of Religion and Sectarianism  6. Conclusion Bibliography  Index