Title Colonialism, antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish descent in imperial Germany / Christian S. Davis

Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : illustrations Series Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany. Contents Antisemitism, colonialism, and colonial violence -- The meeting of Jews and Africans in the German imagination -- Jews, Germans of Jewish descent, and German colonialism -- Colonial director Bernhard Dernburg: a "Jew" with "German spirit"? Summary Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish Descent in Imperial Germany examines the relationship between the colonial and antisemitic movements of modern Germany from 1871 to 1918, examining the complicated ways in which German antisemitism and colonialism fed off of and into each other in the decades before the First World War. Author Christian S. Davis studies the significant involvement with and investment in German colonialism by the major antisemitic political parties and extra-parliamentary organizations of the day, while also investigating the prominent participation in the colonial movement of Jews and Germans of Jewish descent and their tense relationship with procolonial antisemites. Working from the premise that the rise and propagation of racial antisemitism in late-nineteenth-century Germany cannot be separated from the context of colonial empire, Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish Descent in Imperial Germany is the first work to study the dynamic and evolving interrelationship of the colonial and antisemitic movements of the Kaiserreich era. It shows how individuals and organizations who originated what would later become the ideological core of National Socialism--racial antisemitism--both influenced and perceived the development of a German colonial empire predicated on racial subjugation. It also examines how colonialism affected the contemporaneous German antisemitic movement, dividing it over whether participation in the nationalist project of empire building could furnish patriotic credentials to even Germans of Jewish descent. The book builds upon the recent upsurge of interest among historians of modern Germany in the domestic impact and character of German colonialism, and on the continuing fascination with the racialization of the German sense of self that became so important to German history in the twentieth century Analysis "Multi-User" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Dernburg, Bernhard, 1865-1937. SUBJECT Dernburg, Bernhard, 1865-1937 fast Subject Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- General. Antisemitism Civil service, Colonial German colonies Colonies -- Administration Politics and government Antisemitisme. Kolonialisme. SUBJECT Germany -- Colonies -- Administration -- History Germany -- Colonies -- Officials and employees -- Biography Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054634 Subject Germany Duitsland. Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780472027804 0472027808

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