Published by De Gruyter

De Gruyter Disruptions

ISSN: 2748-9086

e-ISSN 2748-9094

This series of short and accessible books is a one-stop shop for readers across academic disciplines, policymakers and everyone seeking research based insights into the big issues of our times. De Gruyter Disruptions publishes fast/turnaround analyses of cutting edge investigations of important topics, enabling publication of substantial research results or interventions on a specific theme.

Book 2024

The Gates of Gaza: Critical Voices from Israel on October 7 and the War with Hamas

Lihi Ben Shitrit

Volume 4 in this series

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Following the horrific attack on October 7, support for a devastating military retaliation and resolution has taken center stage. Nevertheless, within Israel, numerous critical voices cast doubt on the sustainability of such approaches. They champion the principles of morality, legality, and common sense as the true keys to a lasting solution. This book focuses on these voices which are critical of Israeli government policies. They are deeply grieving and affected by the October 7 attack, while also able to hold both Palestinian and Israeli pain and aspirations not as mutually exclusive, but as an impetus for creating a better and more equitable future for all who inhabit the land. It chronicles the reactions of intellectuals and scholars to unfolding events. All the pieces in this volume were written within a few days to a few months of October 7 and comprise an archive of a particular discourse taking shape in Israel at this historical juncture.

The book is dedicated to the memory of Vivian Silver, who devoted her life to waging peace through valiant activism, and was murdered in her home on October 7. The editor’s royalties will go to support an annual lecture in her memory on the themes of peace and democracy.

Read the interview with Lihi Ben Shitrit on De Gruyter Conversations and learn more about the book and the editor!

With contributions by Shaul Arieli, Eva Illouz, Idan Landau, Yaniv Ronen, Yofi Tirosh, Assaf David, Ameer Fakhoury, Ghadir Hani, Eran Tzidkiyahu, Orit Kamir, Orly Noy, Noam Shuster-Eliassi, Jessica Ausinheiler, Meirav Jones, Tal Correm, Anwar Mhajne, David Kretzmer, Omer Bartov, Rawia Aburabia, Hannah Safran, Tanya Zion-Waldoks, Galit Cohen-Kedem, Avi Shilon, Hagar Kotef, Merav Amir, Ali Al-Awar, and Nicholas Kristof.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435046
ISBN:: 9783111435046
ISBN:: 9783111447353
ISBN:: 9783111435329
ISBN:: 9783111434971
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Israel and Palestine
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Israel and Palestine
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2024

The Therapized Antisemite

The Myth of Psychology and the Evasion of Responsibility

Christopher L. Schilling

Volume 3 in this series

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The Therapized Antisemite determines the failure of psychology in the understanding and punishment of antisemitism.

For over a hundred years, psychology’s vision – understanding the mind and conquering feelings with thoughts – has remained a myth in much of Western societies. Despite its theories and concepts being widely criticized and often proven wrong, it remains part of our culture, academia, and legal systems. Instead of hoping for the field of psychology to one day solve the problem of antisemitism and how to punish it, we must ask ourselves how much it has not helped but rather harmed the fight against it. Through exploring social, clinical, and forensic psychology, as well as psychohistory and the intrusion of psychology into criminal law and policymaking, The Therapized Antisemite argues that we don’t yet understand what causes antisemitism in psychological terms, let alone how to go about solving the problem. The Holocaust, the Nuremberg Trials, Hitler biographies, the Halimi murder, Hate Crime, Mental Illness, False Memory, and Criminal Profiling are all discussed within the book.

The Therapized Antisemite looks to change the way readers think about antisemitism, psychology and law, and will be of interest to legal and social science academics and students researching and practicing within the fields of criminal law, criminology, antisemitism studies, Jewish studies, and psychology.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111349572
ISBN:: 9783111349572
ISBN:: 9783111349701
ISBN:: 9783111353524
ISBN:: 9783111349282
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Antisemitism
Subject:: Law
Subject:: Criminal Law
Subject:: Criminology
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Psychology
Subject:: Applied Psychology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

The Road to Ukraine

How the West Lost its Way

Frank Furedi

Volume 2 in this series

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the latest chapter in a series of events that have their origins in World War One. The difficult existential questions that emerged before and during this conflict still remain unresolved. Contrary to the claim that wars are not supposed to happen in Europe or that we live in the era of the End of History, the experience of Ukraine highlights the salience of the spell of the past. The failure of the West to take its past seriously has left it confused and unprepared to deal with the current crisis. Unexpectedly fashionable claims about the irrelevance of borders and of nation states have been exposed as shallow myths. The author argues that the West’s self-inflicted condition of historical amnesia has encouraged it to disregard the salience of geo-political realities. Suddenly the once fashionable claims that made up the virtues of globalisation appear threadbare. This problem, which was already evident during the global Covid pandemic has reached a crisis point in the battlefield of Ukraine. History has had its revenge on a culture that believes that what happened in the past no longer matters. The Road To Ukraine: How the West Lost Its Way argues that overcoming the state of historical amnesia is the precondition for the restoration of global solidarity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110981544
ISBN:: 9783110981544
ISBN:: 9783110996944
ISBN:: 9783110981759
ISBN:: 9783110995626
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: World War I
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Subject:: Military Policy
Subject:: International Relations
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy

Can Biden Bring America Back?

Stanley R. Sloan

Volume 1 in this series

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America’s reputation and power fell to new lows during Trump’s presidency. Militarily, the United States held its own, but its soft power suffered mightily. President Biden pledges to work with the international community, rely on cooperation with like-minded allies, challenge adversaries, and restore American democracy, society and economy to levels that will once again command international respect. De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy will address the objectives, obstacles, and potential outcomes of this attempt over the next few years.

Sloan evaluates both elite and public opinion from democratic allies around the world, plus elite opinions from states less friendly to the United States. He documents and analyses Biden’s approach to foreign policy and his goals for the U.S. role in the world. The volume will also examine how Biden’s domestic policy objectives, in the areas of the pandemic, systemic racism, political equity, the economy and climate change, relate to his foreign policy goals. The early steps made by Biden will be laid out and evaluated and hidden chances of success or failure will be measured, with a striking analysis of what failure might mean for the USA and the world.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110759433
ISBN:: 9783110759433
ISBN:: 9783110759020
ISBN:: 9783110759464
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Political Science, other
Subject:: Domestic Policy, Parties, Other Political Organizations
Subject:: Foreign Policy
Subject:: International Relations
Publisher:: De Gruyter