| Ritual Murder in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Beyond: New Histories of an Old Accusation Contributor(s): Avrutin, Eugene M. (Editor), Dekel-Chen, Jonathan (Editor), Weinberg, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253025818 ISBN-13: 9780253025814 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $89.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - Religion | Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2017002956 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that made these phenomena possible. In doing so, the book helps to explain why blood libel accusations continued to spread in Europe even after modernization seemingly made them obsolete. Drawing on untapped and unconventional historical sources, the collection explores a range of intriguing topics: popular belief and scientific knowledge; the connections between antisemitism, prejudice, and violence; the rule of law versus the power of rumors; the politics of memory; and humanitarian intervention on a global scale. |