%0 Journal Article
%T Presence of Antisemitism in the Catholic world. The case of the  Enciclopedia Cattolica (1948-1954)
%A Elena Mazzini
%J Quest : Issues in Contemporary Jewish History.
%D 2010
%I Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea  CDEC
%X This paper enquires into the survival of the nineteenth-twentieth century anti-Jewish culture in Italy following the Shoah, in a specific cultural milieu, that of the  Enciclopedia Cattolica , published in twelve volumes from 1948 to 1954. While the more overt features of traditional anti-Semitism disappeared in Italy following 1945, avoiding its extrinsic characteristics, anti-Jewish stereotypes and images were practically untouched by a critical reappraisal, at least until the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, and were instead even proposed anew in theological, religious and cultural circles. This anti-Jewish ¡®survivor¡¯ will be investigated in the course of the paper by examining several entries contained in the  Enciclopedia  project.
%K Jews
%K Antisemitism
%K catholics
%K post-war
%K Italy
%U http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?issue=1&id=196