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This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it comprises research monographs, collections of essays and annotated editions from the 18th century to the present. The term German-Jewish literature refers to the literary work of Jewish authors writing in German to the extent that Jewish aspects can be identified in these. However, the image of Jews among non-Jewish authors, often determined by anti-Semitism, is also a factor in the history of German-Jewish relations as reflected in literature. This series provides an appropriate forum for research into the whole problematic area.

Neue Untersuchungen zum zählebigsten Dokument des modernen Antisemitismus.Unter dem Titel »Protokolle der Weisen von Zion« ist eine Schrift bekannt, die die Juden bezichtigt, auf konspirativ-subversive Weise nach der Weltherrschaft zu streben. Entstanden um 1900, dürften die »Protokolle« das noch immer am weitesten verbreitete Dokument des modernen Antisemitismus sein. Bis heute sind die genauen Umstände ihrer Entstehung ungeklärt. Vor allem die Fragen, wer an der Abfassung beteiligt war und welche Absichten dabei verfolgt wurden, sind noch immer offen – und Gegenstand weitreichender, oft phantastischer Spekulationen. Aktuell erzählt Umberto Eco in seinem Roman »Der Friedhof in Prag« eine fiktive Version der Fälschungsgeschichte. Die hier versammelten Essays präsentieren neue Erkenntnisse zur Herkunft und Verbreitung der »Protokolle«. Es werden bislang vernachlässigte Aspekte des ominösen Textes untersucht: seine Resonanzen mit politischen Utopien, aber auch mit den Verschwörungstheorien des 19. Jahrhunderts; die Verwendung der plagiierten Quellen und sein Status als Plagiat; und nicht zuletzt die Struktur eines Textes, der zwar viel zitiert, aber selten gelesen wurde.Mit Beiträgen u.a. von: Carlo Ginzburg, Stefan Gregory, Richard S. Levy, Cesare G. De Michelis, Ulrich Raulff

'Storming Zion' offers a compelling explanation for the growing trend of state raids on new and nontraditional religious communities. Stuart Wright and Susan Palmer base their study on a massive data set documenting 116 government raids over the last six decades, primarily in Western countries

"From the late nineteenth century through the post-Holocaust era, the world was divided between countries that tried to expel their Jewish populations and those that refused to let them in. The plight of these traumatized refugees inspired numerous proposals for Jewish states. Jews and Christians, authors and adventurers, politicians and playwrights, and rabbis and revolutionaries all worked to carve out autonomous Jewish territories in remote and often hostile locations across the globe. The would-be founding fathers of these imaginary Zions dispatched scientific expeditions to far-flung regions and filed reports on the dream states they planned to create. But only Israel emerged from dream to reality. Israel's successful foundation has long obscured the fact that eminent Jewish figures, including Zionism's prophet, Theodor Herzl, seriously considered establishing enclaves beyond the Middle East. In the Shadow of Zion brings to life the amazing true stories of six exotic visions of a Jewish national home outside of the biblical land of Israel. It is the only book to detail the connections between these schemes, which in turn explain the trajectory of modern Zionism. A gripping narrative drawn from archives the world over, In the Shadow of Zion recovers the mostly forgotten history of the Jewish territorialist movement, and the stories of the fascinating but now obscure figures who championed it. Provocative, thoroughly researched, and written to appeal to a broad audience, In the Shadow of Zion offers a timely perspective on Jewish power and powerlessness"--

Government raids on religious communities -- Countermovement mobilization and government raids -- The twelve tribes -- The family international children of God -- The branch Davidians -- The United Nuwaubian Nation -- The fundamentalist Latter Day Saints -- The Church of Scientology -- Raids in France -- Exploring the causes and consequences of raids on NRM communities