Vienna, the 1890s
Jews in the Eyes of Their Defenders. (The Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9644141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacques Kornberg (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-173 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938900011638 |
| OpenAlex | W2120423960 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Advocates for minority rights make stringent demands upon those they defend. The relationship between the persecuted and their defenders is often a minefield of conflicting agendas, made even worse by patronizing attitudes on the one side and wounded pride on the other. One example is the Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus (The Association for Defense Against Antisemitism), founded in Vienna in 1891 to combat the alarming rise of political antisemitism, unmistakable in the stunning electoral successes of the Christian Social Party led by Karl Lueger. Abwehrverein members came from Austria's elite of education and property ( Bildung und Besitz ): Liberal politicians, large-scale industrialists and merchants, members of the free professions, and artists. Most members were Austro-German liberals, and Liberal Reichsrat deputies sat on its board. Its founder and president was Baron Arthur Gunduccar von Suttner (1850–1902), a writer, and husband of Bertha von Suttner, recipient of the Noble Peace Prize in 1905. My intention is to explore the attitude of the Abwehrverein to Jewry, and to raise the question of whether it served Jewish interests well. But before that, a word or two must be said about the association
Antisemitism · Elite · German · Judaism · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Pride · Sociology · Theology · Central European national history · European history and politics · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |