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Akzentverschiebung ‐ Zur Geschichte der Semitistik und Islamwissenschaft während des ‚Dritten Reichs’︁
Author(s) -
Hanisch Ludmila
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
berichte zur wissenschaftsgeschichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1522-2365
pISSN - 0170-6233
DOI - 10.1002/bewi.19950180403
Subject(s) - nazism , judaism , period (music) , islam , history , nazi germany , history of islam , religious studies , ancient history , philosophy , german , archaeology , aesthetics
Fifty years after World War II the history of Semitic and Islamic Studies during the period of nazism has more or less remained ‘terra incognita’. The article shows that academic activities in this field did not remain uninfluenced by that period. In addition to the banishment of Jewish scholars, a concentration on Arabian Studies took place and scholars contributed for the weltanschauung of the Third Reich. To date not all the outcomes can be presented. Yet, one of them is easily observable: The study of Jewish religion, history and culture became a special branch, it is no longer part of Oriental studies.