Brian Klug
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 164870 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Brian Klug |
| NOMBRES | Brian |
| APELLIDO | Klug |
| FIRMA | KLUG B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Oxford |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 122 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1976 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Judaism and Catholicism
This article is about the relationship between Judaism and Catholicism. Rather than proceeding on the plane of theology – comparing Catholicism and Judaism in terms of their conceptions of the divine – the author approaches the subject ‘from the ground up’, considering their convergence at the level of social action. Taking his cue from Margaret Archer, who has spoken about ‘the Church as a social movement’, he presents Judaism in a similar light…
Breaking the taboo
Whither Judaism
Introductory Remarks
Placing Time
This article sets out to retrieve a concept of diaspora – deeply rooted in Jewish tradition but somewhat eclipsed in the Jewish imagination today – in which dispersion is understood as exile and return is deferred to ‘the end of days’. The argument is developed via a conversation between David Grossman and Amos Oz in 2003, in which Grossman reflects on the question ‘Are we a people of place or of time?’ Pursuing this question leads to a passage i…
A counterpoint to the sound of silencing
To Flee or Not to Flee
This article examines the two deadly attacks in Paris on 7 and 9 January 2015 from an angle of interest in which they impinge upon Jews as Jews. Specifically, it homes in on a question that was triggered by the attacks: Is it time for the Jews of Europe to depart en masse? The facts alone cannot explain why the Paris attacks triggered this question. There is, in the first place, a larger empirical context. More fundamentally, there is a powerful …
Eliezer Schweid
Eliezer Schweid: the responsibility of Jewish philosophy." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 16(1), pp. 170–171
In the heat of the moment
In the immediate aftermath of the murderous attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, millions of people rallied round the slogan ‘Je suis Charlie’. The slogan conveyed a simple message: either you are in favour of free speech and the right to offend or you are against. This essay offers a critique of the slogan and its message. The first part raises and discusses the problem of framing: what, fundamentally, was the Paris attack about? The middle s…
Fawlty Logic
In a high-profile speech at the 47th Munich Security Conference in February 2011, David Cameron indicted “the doctrine of state multiculturalism,” advocating instead a policy of “muscular liberalism.” The Munich Security Conference is an annual event at which heads of state, military and security experts, diplomats, and senior politicians from over seventy countries gather to discuss international policy on security. On the face of it, this is an…
The limits of analogy
The predicament faced by Muslims today, either in the United Kingdom specifically or in the West more generally, is often compared with the predicament faced by Jews at some point in the past. Muslims, it is suggested, are the new Jews. Klug's article homes in on one element in this view, the claim that Islamophobia is the new antisemitism, and considers the analogy between them. An introductory section sketches the political context, after which…
Interrogating 'new anti-Semitism
Since the breakdown of the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000 and the start of the second Palestinian Intifada there has been a voluminous literature that asserts that hostility to Israel and Zionism is a new form of anti-Semitism. This essay critiques the 'new anti-Semitism' view. Reversing the method that Plato uses in the Republic, the analysis moves from microcosm (an imaginary ride on a London bus) to macrocosm (the Middle East).…
Islamophobia
A Higher Road to Peace
This essay falls into three parts. The first part gives a brief characterization of the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict and makes some general remarks about peace and higher roads. The middle section argues for a version of Judaism in which being Jewish calls for doing justice. There is, however, a different take on Jewish identity today, one that privileges loyalty and allegiance to Israel, thought of as “the Jewish state,” over the pursuit of just…
F acing the O ther
Facing the Other." Journal of Palestine Studies, 37(1), pp. 122–123 Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian KlugBrian Klug, a senior research fellow at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford, is a member of the faculty of philosophy at the University of Oxford, an honorary fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, an associate editor of Patterns of Prejudice, and the author of numerou…
Is Europe a lost cause? The European debate on antisemitism and the Middle East conflict
The recent discourse on ‘new antisemitism’ and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sometime gives the impression that Europe is fundamentally and irredeemably antisemitic. Klug maintains that, while there is a persistent vein of antisemitism in the culture, and while there is evidence of an increase in anti-Jewish attacks since 2000, this perception of Europe is exaggerated. He argues that it is part of a mindset that tends to overstate hostility to…
The collective Jew
For Theodor Herzl, Zionism, in the sense of a political movement to establish a sovereign Jewish state, offered the only workable solution to the problem of antisemitism. Some commentators today speak of a 'new anti-Semitism'. They claim, first, that there is a new wave or outbreak of hostility towards Jews that began with the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000 and is continuing at the present time. Second, and more fundam…
The Language of Race
The 1991 Census form for households in Great Britain included, for the first time, a question about ethnic group. The question had nine boxes, eight for named ethnic groups and one for 'any other'. One box had to be ticked for each member of the household. Brian Klug discusses his own reaction to the (so-called) ethnic question, and explains why, as a Jew of European extraction, he did not tick the box marked White. He examines several issues rai…
Old ghosts in the new world
Ritual murmur
The campaign against the so‐called ‘ritual slaughter’ of animals has been hijacked by right‐wing extremists, including members of the National Front, in a bid to incite racial intolerance of Muslims and Jews. The arguments and the terminology used by some animal rights supporters, including the well‐known national organization, Compassion in World Farming, tend to encourage xenophobia and racism, engendering an ‘us’ and ‘them’ approach to the ani…
Springtime in Chicago
The political crisis in Chicago triggered by a black mayoral aide's antisemitic comments was fanned by growing misunderstanding between the black and Jewish communities but its roots lie in a lack of direction in the black movement and in the frustration felt by the black community towards outsiders
On doing, teaching and studying philosophy
To grade, or not to grade
The collective Jew
For Theodor Herzl, Zionism, in the sense of a political movement to establish a sovereign Jewish state, offered the only workable solution to the problem of antisemitism. Some commentators today speak of a 'new anti-Semitism'. They claim, first, that there is a new wave or outbreak of hostility towards Jews that began with the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000 and is continuing at the present time. Second, and more fundam…
Islamophobia
Interrogating 'new anti-Semitism
Since the breakdown of the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000 and the start of the second Palestinian Intifada there has been a voluminous literature that asserts that hostility to Israel and Zionism is a new form of anti-Semitism. This essay critiques the 'new anti-Semitism' view. Reversing the method that Plato uses in the Republic, the analysis moves from microcosm (an imaginary ride on a London bus) to macrocosm (the Middle East).…
The limits of analogy
The predicament faced by Muslims today, either in the United Kingdom specifically or in the West more generally, is often compared with the predicament faced by Jews at some point in the past. Muslims, it is suggested, are the new Jews. Klug's article homes in on one element in this view, the claim that Islamophobia is the new antisemitism, and considers the analogy between them. An introductory section sketches the political context, after which…
Ritual murmur
The campaign against the so‐called ‘ritual slaughter’ of animals has been hijacked by right‐wing extremists, including members of the National Front, in a bid to incite racial intolerance of Muslims and Jews. The arguments and the terminology used by some animal rights supporters, including the well‐known national organization, Compassion in World Farming, tend to encourage xenophobia and racism, engendering an ‘us’ and ‘them’ approach to the ani…
In the heat of the moment
In the immediate aftermath of the murderous attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, millions of people rallied round the slogan ‘Je suis Charlie’. The slogan conveyed a simple message: either you are in favour of free speech and the right to offend or you are against. This essay offers a critique of the slogan and its message. The first part raises and discusses the problem of framing: what, fundamentally, was the Paris attack about? The middle s…
Is Europe a lost cause? The European debate on antisemitism and the Middle East conflict
The recent discourse on ‘new antisemitism’ and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sometime gives the impression that Europe is fundamentally and irredeemably antisemitic. Klug maintains that, while there is a persistent vein of antisemitism in the culture, and while there is evidence of an increase in anti-Jewish attacks since 2000, this perception of Europe is exaggerated. He argues that it is part of a mindset that tends to overstate hostility to…
To grade, or not to grade
To grade, or not to grade
On doing, teaching and studying philosophy
Springtime in Chicago
The political crisis in Chicago triggered by a black mayoral aide's antisemitic comments was fanned by growing misunderstanding between the black and Jewish communities but its roots lie in a lack of direction in the black movement and in the frustration felt by the black community towards outsiders
Ritual murmur
The campaign against the so‐called ‘ritual slaughter’ of animals has been hijacked by right‐wing extremists, including members of the National Front, in a bid to incite racial intolerance of Muslims and Jews. The arguments and the terminology used by some animal rights supporters, including the well‐known national organization, Compassion in World Farming, tend to encourage xenophobia and racism, engendering an ‘us’ and ‘them’ approach to the ani…
Old ghosts in the new world
The Language of Race
The 1991 Census form for households in Great Britain included, for the first time, a question about ethnic group. The question had nine boxes, eight for named ethnic groups and one for 'any other'. One box had to be ticked for each member of the household. Brian Klug discusses his own reaction to the (so-called) ethnic question, and explains why, as a Jew of European extraction, he did not tick the box marked White. He examines several issues rai…
The collective Jew
For Theodor Herzl, Zionism, in the sense of a political movement to establish a sovereign Jewish state, offered the only workable solution to the problem of antisemitism. Some commentators today speak of a 'new anti-Semitism'. They claim, first, that there is a new wave or outbreak of hostility towards Jews that began with the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000 and is continuing at the present time. Second, and more fundam…
Is Europe a lost cause? The European debate on antisemitism and the Middle East conflict
The recent discourse on ‘new antisemitism’ and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sometime gives the impression that Europe is fundamentally and irredeemably antisemitic. Klug maintains that, while there is a persistent vein of antisemitism in the culture, and while there is evidence of an increase in anti-Jewish attacks since 2000, this perception of Europe is exaggerated. He argues that it is part of a mindset that tends to overstate hostility to…
F acing the O ther
Facing the Other." Journal of Palestine Studies, 37(1), pp. 122–123 Additional informationNotes on contributorsBrian KlugBrian Klug, a senior research fellow at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford, is a member of the faculty of philosophy at the University of Oxford, an honorary fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, an associate editor of Patterns of Prejudice, and the author of numerou…
A Higher Road to Peace
This essay falls into three parts. The first part gives a brief characterization of the Israeli‐Palestinian conflict and makes some general remarks about peace and higher roads. The middle section argues for a version of Judaism in which being Jewish calls for doing justice. There is, however, a different take on Jewish identity today, one that privileges loyalty and allegiance to Israel, thought of as “the Jewish state,” over the pursuit of just…
Islamophobia
Interrogating 'new anti-Semitism
Since the breakdown of the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000 and the start of the second Palestinian Intifada there has been a voluminous literature that asserts that hostility to Israel and Zionism is a new form of anti-Semitism. This essay critiques the 'new anti-Semitism' view. Reversing the method that Plato uses in the Republic, the analysis moves from microcosm (an imaginary ride on a London bus) to macrocosm (the Middle East).…
The limits of analogy
The predicament faced by Muslims today, either in the United Kingdom specifically or in the West more generally, is often compared with the predicament faced by Jews at some point in the past. Muslims, it is suggested, are the new Jews. Klug's article homes in on one element in this view, the claim that Islamophobia is the new antisemitism, and considers the analogy between them. An introductory section sketches the political context, after which…
Fawlty Logic
In a high-profile speech at the 47th Munich Security Conference in February 2011, David Cameron indicted “the doctrine of state multiculturalism,” advocating instead a policy of “muscular liberalism.” The Munich Security Conference is an annual event at which heads of state, military and security experts, diplomats, and senior politicians from over seventy countries gather to discuss international policy on security. On the face of it, this is an…
To Flee or Not to Flee
This article examines the two deadly attacks in Paris on 7 and 9 January 2015 from an angle of interest in which they impinge upon Jews as Jews. Specifically, it homes in on a question that was triggered by the attacks: Is it time for the Jews of Europe to depart en masse? The facts alone cannot explain why the Paris attacks triggered this question. There is, in the first place, a larger empirical context. More fundamentally, there is a powerful …
Eliezer Schweid
Eliezer Schweid: the responsibility of Jewish philosophy." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 16(1), pp. 170–171
In the heat of the moment
In the immediate aftermath of the murderous attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, millions of people rallied round the slogan ‘Je suis Charlie’. The slogan conveyed a simple message: either you are in favour of free speech and the right to offend or you are against. This essay offers a critique of the slogan and its message. The first part raises and discusses the problem of framing: what, fundamentally, was the Paris attack about? The middle s…
Whither Judaism
Introductory Remarks
Placing Time
This article sets out to retrieve a concept of diaspora – deeply rooted in Jewish tradition but somewhat eclipsed in the Jewish imagination today – in which dispersion is understood as exile and return is deferred to ‘the end of days’. The argument is developed via a conversation between David Grossman and Amos Oz in 2003, in which Grossman reflects on the question ‘Are we a people of place or of time?’ Pursuing this question leads to a passage i…
A counterpoint to the sound of silencing
Breaking the taboo
Judaism and Catholicism
This article is about the relationship between Judaism and Catholicism. Rather than proceeding on the plane of theology – comparing Catholicism and Judaism in terms of their conceptions of the divine – the author approaches the subject ‘from the ground up’, considering their convergence at the level of social action. Taking his cue from Margaret Archer, who has spoken about ‘the Church as a social movement’, he presents Judaism in a similar light…
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