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Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation

Eugene M. Avrutin

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Description:A collection of essays exploring the history of an antisemitic accusation that haunted Jewish people in Europe and Russia, and how it spread.This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scientific knowledge; the connections between antisemitism, prejudice, and violence; the rule of law versus the power of rumors; the politics of memory; and humanitarian intervention on a global scale."This important contribution to our understanding of the evolution of ritual murder charges in Eastern Europe brings together a number of innovative studies on the topic, several of which could become standard reading on the subject." --Glenn Dynner, Sarah Lawrence College"While the topic was not exactly novel to me, I enjoyed reading this book and I was constantly learning from the significant new information and fresh insights from the authors' analyses." --Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew UniversityWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation. To get started finding Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 303

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: 2017

ISBN: 0253026571

Description: A collection of essays exploring the history of an antisemitic accusation that haunted Jewish people in Europe and Russia, and how it spread.This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scientific knowledge; the connections between antisemitism, prejudice, and violence; the rule of law versus the power of rumors; the politics of memory; and humanitarian intervention on a global scale."This important contribution to our understanding of the evolution of ritual murder charges in Eastern Europe brings together a number of innovative studies on the topic, several of which could become standard reading on the subject." --Glenn Dynner, Sarah Lawrence College"While the topic was not exactly novel to me, I enjoyed reading this book and I was constantly learning from the significant new information and fresh insights from the authors' analyses." --Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew UniversityWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation. To get started finding Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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