.".. an important contribution that balances previous
interpretations of "modern" ritual murder accusations. The
sensational cases that arose in places such as Tisza-Eszlar,
Xanten, Konitz, and Polna were not simply a product of local
tensions or age-old myths, they were also episodes largely driven
by a modern (or modernizing) mass media." European History
"This gripping book delves into juicy details of crime reporting
in fin-de-siecle Vienna with the aim of challenging common
assumptions about late nineteenth-century anti-Semitism. It is an
original and thought-provoking contribution to Viennese and Jewish
history as well as to the history of criminology and popular
journalism...By challenging well-worn assumptions about
anti-Semitism, this engaging book invites historians to rethink the
origins of Nazism; and by uncovering scholarly and popular
anxieties about the manipulation of truth, it provides a great deal
of food for thought for intellectual historians." European History
Quarterly
Vyleta's book is compelling, well-researched and clearly argued,
and it makes a valuable addition to the historiography of Austria,
Jewish culture, media and crime. Cultural and Social History
"The book, which relies on hundreds of case studies reported on
in newspapers and journals, is extremely well researched...This
innovative, interesting book offers new insight into the popularity
and character of antisemitism and criminology in
turn-of-the-century Vienna. It provides a nuanced explanation of
the intersections of the popular knowledge of crime with
criminology and of the ways in which crime and trial reporting were
used for antisemitic purposes." H-German
."..an extremely interesting... and] important book about
antisemitism in Vienna. Daniel Vyleta is to be commended for a job
well done." Journal of Contemporary History/b>
"Vyleta's book presents a successful and enriching contribution
to the history of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Through the innovative use
of criminology and criminal justice he reveals new facets of a
seemingly exhaustively treated topic." Sehepunkte
"Richly illustrated and despite theoretical excurses into
criminology well and fluently written, Vyleta's book is excellently
suited to underline the thesis that the analysis of political and
journalistic strategies and their context very often still offers a
more convincing explanatory model than abstractions of ideological
or cultural 'images'." Historische Zeitschrift
."..an intellectually stimulating book." Shofar
Crimes committed by Jews, especially ritual murders, have long
been favorite targets in the antisemitic press. This book
investigates popular and scientific conceptualizations of criminals
current in Austria and Germany at the turn of the last century and
compares these to those in the contemporary antisemitic discourse.
It challenges received historiographic assumptions about the
centrality of criminal bodies and psyches in late nineteenth- and
early twentieth-century criminology and argues that contemporary
antisemitic narratives constructed Jewish criminality not as a
biologico-racial defect, but rather as a coolly manipulative force
that aimed at the deliberate destruction of the basis of society
itself. Through the lens of criminality this book provides new
insight into the spread and nature of antisemitism in
Austria-Hungary around 1900. The book also provides a re-evaluation
of the phenomenon of modern Ritual Murder Trials by placing them
into the context of wider narratives of Jewish crime.
Daniel Mark Vyleta was educated in Germany, the USA and
England. He holds a PhD in History from King's College, University
of Cambridge. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor in
Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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