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"""If, as Joyce wrote, history is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake, this is even truer of the 'Jewish question' – a nightmare made up of myths and prejudice leading to anti-Semitism and to ancient but persistent wars of religion, such as those opposing Arabs and Israelis. By adopting a French focus when revisiting these issues as treated by Marx, Freud, Sartre and Arendt, Roudinesco brilliantly cleans the picture of its fog of obfuscation. Thanks to her intimate knowledge of the facts and actors, we are shown a path to a new understanding; hopefully, it will lead to an awakening."" Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania ""Élisabeth Roudinesco probes the toxic topic of Jew-hatred, ancient, mediaeval and newer, and of modern political anti-Semitism, trying to draw a clear distinction between them; adding to this, she analyses the recent phenomenon – of a totally different character – of anti-Zionism and/or the legitimate criticism of the State of Israel and its politics. The outcome is courageous and timely in its argument for universal and enlightened jewishness; it also offers a highly rich and diverse reading which is full of compelling twists and unexpected, refreshing deliberations."" Idith Zertal, University of Basel"

If, as Joyce wrote, history is a nightmare from which we aretrying to awake, this is even truer of the 'Jewish question' a nightmare made up of myths and prejudice leading toanti-Semitism and to ancient but persistent wars of religion, suchas those opposing Arabs and Israelis. By adopting a French focuswhen revisiting these issues as treated by Marx, Freud, Sartre andArendt, Roudinesco brilliantly cleans the picture of its fog ofobfuscation. Thanks to her intimate knowledge of the facts andactors, we are shown a path to a new understanding; hopefully, itwill lead to an awakening. Jean-Michel Rabate, University of Pennsylvania Elisabeth Roudinesco probes the toxic topic of Jew-hatred,ancient, mediaeval and newer, and of modern politicalanti-Semitism, trying to draw a clear distinction between them;adding to this, she analyses the recent phenomenon of atotally different character of anti-Zionism and/or thelegitimate criticism of the State of Israel and its politics. Theoutcome is courageous and timely in its argument for universal andenlightened jewishness; it also offers a highly rich and diversereading which is full of compelling twists and unexpected,refreshing deliberations. Idith Zertal, University of Basel

If, as Joyce wrote, history is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake, this is even truer of the 'Jewish question' -- a nightmare made up of myths and prejudice leading to anti-Semitism and to ancient but persistent wars of religion, such as those opposing Arabs and Israelis. By adopting a French focus when revisiting these issues as treated by Marx, Freud, Sartre and Arendt, Roudinesco brilliantly cleans the picture of its fog of obfuscation. Thanks to her intimate knowledge of the facts and actors, we are shown a path to a new understanding; hopefully, it will lead to an awakening. Jean-Michel Rabate, University of Pennsylvania Elisabeth Roudinesco probes the toxic topic of Jew-hatred, ancient, mediaeval and newer, and of modern political anti-Semitism, trying to draw a clear distinction between them; adding to this, she analyses the recent phenomenon -- of a totally different character -- of anti-Zionism and/or the legitimate criticism of the State of Israel and its politics. The outcome is courageous and timely in its argument for universal and enlightened jewishness; it also offers a highly rich and diverse reading which is full of compelling twists and unexpected, refreshing deliberations. Idith Zertal, University of Basel

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Élisabeth Roudinesco is a historian, a director of studies at the University of Paris-VII, and the author of numerous landmark books including Jacques Lacan & Co.: A History of Psychoanalysis in France, 1925-1985.

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