Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars Spicer Kevin P.
Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars Spicer Kevin P. In the wake of the devastating First World War, leaders of the victorious powers reconfigured the…
Specifikacia Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars Spicer Kevin P.
Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars Spicer Kevin P.
In the wake of the devastating First World War, leaders of the victorious powers reconfigured the European continent, resulting in new understandings of nation, state, and citizenship. Religion, Ethnonationalism, and Antisemitism in the Era of the Two World Wars places the interaction between religion and ethnonationalism - a particular articulation of nationalism based upon an imagined ethnic community - at the centre of its analysis, offering a new lens through which to analyze how nationalism, ethnicity, and race became markers of inclusion and exclusion. Religious identity, symbols, and practice became tools for politicians and church leaders alike to appropriate as instruments to define national belonging, often to the detriment of those outside the faith tradition.
Those who did not embrace the same ethnonationalist vision faced ostracization and persecution, with Jews