{"id":5950326866080,"title":"The Jewish Question","handle":"jewish-question-a-marxist-interpretation_by-abram-leon_2","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the opening years of the 21st century, anti-Semitic venom and incidents of violent assault on Jews have begun spreading. They are not a historical aberration. They are fueled by today’s capitalist crises and fracturing of the post–World War II imperialist “order,” described in recent decades as “globalization.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt every turning point in history—from antiquity through feudalism, to capitalism’s rise and the imperialist death throes of the past century—Jews have been targets of persecution. Including the genocide cold-bloodedly touted by Hitler as the “Final Solution.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is Jew-hatred still raising its ugly head? What are its class roots? Why is there “no solution to the Jewish question under capitalism, just as there is no solution to other problems before humanity,” without revolutionary struggles that transform us as we fight to transform our world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbram Leon was killed in October 1944, at age 26, in the Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz. He left us this book to help answer those questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Leon’s approach is that of the orthodox Marxist. . . . His analysis . . . is refreshingly lucid and sensible, and it offers us the opportunity to examine a solid statement of the materialistic interpretation of the Jewish question.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Although the historiography of anti-Semitism is robust, the history of the fight against anti-Semitism is still developing. As such, Leon’s work is a valuable document to students in that subfield.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “Abram Leon was 24 when he wrote a remarkable book from the Marxist perspective on the history of the Jewish people and the causes of anti-Semitism. . . . The focus is a single theme: Jew hatred can only be explained from the starting point of historical materialism . . . the real conditions of life . . . ‘the real Jew, that is, the Jew in his economic and social position.’” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Clarín (Buenos Aires)\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Leon developed Karl Marx’s argument that it is economics rather than religion that has sustained Jewish history between antiquity and modernity. . . . 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They are not a historical aberration. They are fueled by today’s capitalist crises and fracturing of the post–World War II imperialist “order,” described in recent decades as “globalization.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt every turning point in history—from antiquity through feudalism, to capitalism’s rise and the imperialist death throes of the past century—Jews have been targets of persecution. Including the genocide cold-bloodedly touted by Hitler as the “Final Solution.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is Jew-hatred still raising its ugly head? What are its class roots? Why is there “no solution to the Jewish question under capitalism, just as there is no solution to other problems before humanity,” without revolutionary struggles that transform us as we fight to transform our world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbram Leon was killed in October 1944, at age 26, in the Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz. He left us this book to help answer those questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Leon’s approach is that of the orthodox Marxist. . . . His analysis . . . is refreshingly lucid and sensible, and it offers us the opportunity to examine a solid statement of the materialistic interpretation of the Jewish question.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Although the historiography of anti-Semitism is robust, the history of the fight against anti-Semitism is still developing. As such, Leon’s work is a valuable document to students in that subfield.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “Abram Leon was 24 when he wrote a remarkable book from the Marxist perspective on the history of the Jewish people and the causes of anti-Semitism. . . . The focus is a single theme: Jew hatred can only be explained from the starting point of historical materialism . . . the real conditions of life . . . ‘the real Jew, that is, the Jew in his economic and social position.’” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Clarín (Buenos Aires)\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Leon developed Karl Marx’s argument that it is economics rather than religion that has sustained Jewish history between antiquity and modernity. . . . Recent Jewish scholarship has confirmed Leon’s approach—even though Leon himself is often ignored.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—Holy\u003c\/nobr\u003e Land Studies (Edinburg)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A historical-materialist analysis to the problem of antisemitism, leading to the conclusion that a solution cannot be found other than by transforming the world away from capitalism and imperialism.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cnobr\u003e—European \u003c\/nobr\u003eJudaism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Jewish Question
2020 edition includes new introduction by Dave Prince, 32 pages of photos and illustrations, 7 pages of maps, a glossary, expanded index and revised translation.
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Format: Paper
346 Pages
Edition: 4th
Year: 2020
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9781604881165
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