Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation

Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation is the ninth nonfiction book by Jewish-American radical feminist writer and activist Andrea Dworkin. It was first published in 2000 by Free Press.

Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation
Cover of the first edition
AuthorAndrea Dworkin
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFree Press
Publication date
2000
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages436
ISBN0-684-83612-2
OCLC42733805

Thesis

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In Scapegoat, Dworkin compared the oppression of women to the persecution of Jews,[1][failed verification] discussed the sexual politics of Jewish identity and antisemitism, and called for the establishment of a women's homeland as a response to the oppression of women, just as the Zionist movement had established a state for Jews.[2][3][4]

Reception

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Scapegoat received a negative review from Kirkus Reviews, stating that Dworkin "exhibits an ignorance of many of the subjects most relevant to her argument" and that she "ends up committing the very sin she seeks to expose, 'scapegoating' all men for all injustice in every period of history."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Craft, Nikki. "The Andrea Dworkin Lie Detector". Andrea Dworkin Online Library. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Dworkin, Andrea (2000). Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and the Women's Liberation. New York: Free Press. pp. 245–246, 248, 336. ISBN 0-684-83612-2.
  3. ^ "Take no prisoners". The Guardian. May 13, 2000. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  4. ^ Ouma, Veronica A. (2005). "Dworkin's Scapegoating". Palestine Solidarity Review. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation by Andrea Dworkin (book review)". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

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