Wilhelm Marr: The Patriarch of Antisemitism

by Moshe Zimmermann

The creation of the term "anti-Semitism" a century ago signalled a turning point in the history of Jew-hatred, marking the division between the classical, Christian hatred of Jews and the modern, politically-rooted racist attitudes. This is the first biography of radical writer and politician Wilhelm Marr, the man who introduced the term "anti-Semitism" into politics and founded the first "Anti-Semitic League." Marr (1819-1904) began his political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040058
• ISBN13: 9780195040050
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"