prof. Peter Pulzer
Biography of prof. Peter Pulzer
Historical, political and cultural development of Europe and society
Peter Pulzer was educated at King’s College, Cambridge (MA, PhD in History) and the University of London (BSc in Economics and Political Science). From 1957 to 1996 he taught Politics, International Relations and Modern History at the University of Oxford, from 1984 onwards as Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls’ College.
He has held numerous visiting professorships, e.g. at the School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC, UCLA, Geschwister-Scholl-Institut at Munich University and Humboldt University, Berlin, and lectured at many public and private institutions in North America, Western Europe, the former Soviet bloc and the Middle East.
Until 1999 he was employed as Western Europe region head by the international consultancy Oxford Analytica Ltd. His main interests lie in the history and political development of Europe in the last two centuries, with special emphasis on central Europe, including Germany and Austria, and political and ideological movements, especially those of the extreme Right and Left. He has made a special study of Jewish history and anti-Semitism. His books include The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria; Political Representation and Elections in Britain; German Politics 1945-1995.
Topics
- Domestic and foreign policies of Germany
- Anti-Semitism
- Political representation and elections in Britain
- Domestic and foreign policies of the UK
- Society
- Religion
- Identity
- (European) culture
- Domestic and foreign policies of Austria
- Domestic and foreign policies of Central Europe
- Western values
- Jewish topics
- Problems of higher education
- Political and ideological developments; especially extreme ones
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Books of prof. Peter Pulzer
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Title: Jews and the German State — The Political History of a Minority, 1848-1933
Author: Peter G.J. Pulzer
Publisher: Wayne State University Press; New Ed edition
Language: English
Paperback: 394 pages
ISBN: 978-0814-3313-09Unlike many historians who see the period between 1848 and 1933 primarily as one of growing anti-Semitism which culminated in the Nazi Party's rise to power and the enactment of its programme of genocide, Peter Pulzer emphasizes the evolution of the ethnic identity, social roles and political activities of German Jews. He documents the emergence of the Jews of Germany from obscurity and marginality into the mainstream of public life over the century prior to the Nazi takeover and demonstrates the importance of Jews in the public life of Germany. In this book, the author argues that Germany history cannot be understood without grasping the role played by the Jewish population of Germany and proposes that the German-Jewish relationship helps to illuminate the complex roles played by minorities in modern societies. It should be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history in general and German Jewish history in particular.
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Title: Die Entstehung des politischen Antisemitismus in Deutschland und Österreich (1867–1914
Author: Peter G.J. Pulzer
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Language: German
Hardcover: 384 pages
ISBN: 978-3-525-36954-8Der Historiker Peter G. J. Pulzer verfolgt in diesem Klassiker der Antisemitismusforschung die Entstehung und Entwicklung der antisemitischen Bewegungen in Deutschland und Österreich. Bereits zwischen 1867 und 1914 offenbarte sich ihr radikaler Charakter, der sich deutlich von der traditionell begründeten Judenfeindschaft unterschied. Dieser neue "politische Antisemitismus" wurde später zur Grundlage einer — Gewalt und Radikalität vereinigenden — politischen Programmatik, auf die die Nationalsozialisten ab 1933 zurückgreifen konnten.
Pulzers 1966 erschienene Studie war sowohl in der Themenwahl und Dichte der Argumentation als auch im interpretatorischen Zugriff eine Pionierarbeit und prägte einen ganzen Forschungszweig. Die Neuausgabe enthält eine ausführliche Einleitung des Autors zur Rezeption und zum heutigen Stand der Forschung.
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