Abstract
Discusses the figure of the French politician Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) and his political philosemitism, especially during the Dreyfus Affair. Yet Clemenceau's literary work, a collection of stories - "On the Foot of Sinai" (1898) - is full of anti-Jewish prejudices. Attempts to understand and to explain this contradiction. States that it can be partially explained by Clemenceau's strong anti-clericalism, which reinforced his political philosemitism, but even ideological conviction can not stop the "force of prejudice". Suggests that, possibly, his philosemitism existed only on the political scene.
| Original language | French |
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| Pages (from-to) | 140-157 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Pardès |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - 1990 |