Hating Science; Hating The Jews: What’s Philosophically Interesting About Anti-Semitism
Samuel Fleischacker (2006). Engage.
The author roots the persistence of antisemitism in the identification of Jews with what can be broadly termed ‘Enlightenment modes of thought’ – ideas that have been perceived to threaten traditional cultures and religions. Refuting the premise that contemporary antisemitism can be reduced to a by-product of anger towards Israel, he examines the association of Jews with evil, subversion and as a force for change in traditional Christian antisemitic thought through to its more recent appearance in the Arab and Islamic World.