This methodological study tests analytic approaches in philosophical research on antisemitism. Theories and terminologies from analytic philosophy of language are used to analyze linguistic, conceptual, and discursive structures of antisemitism. Findings from empirical research on antisemitism are incorporated as necessary contextual knowledge. The study takes as its test case the antisemitism of the philosopher Bruno Bauch, which triggered a conflict in the Kantgesellschaft in 1916/17. The frui…
Read moreThis methodological study tests analytic approaches in philosophical research on antisemitism. Theories and terminologies from analytic philosophy of language are used to analyze linguistic, conceptual, and discursive structures of antisemitism. Findings from empirical research on antisemitism are incorporated as necessary contextual knowledge. The study takes as its test case the antisemitism of the philosopher Bruno Bauch, which triggered a conflict in the Kantgesellschaft in 1916/17. The fruitfulness of the methodological approach is thus examined directly within research in the history of philosophy and philosophical self-criticism. Bauch’s antisemitism has not yet been systematically described. By providing such a description, the study reveals aspects of the phenomenon that have been partly overlooked or misunderstood. It thereby substantiates exemplarily the additional value of analytic tools for philosophical research on antisemitism.