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“Abyss provides the essential gateway to understanding how and why this extraordinarily unhinged moment erupted on campuses across the world.”
—Donna Robinson Divine, emerita professor, Smith College, coeditor of October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds
“His book is not a conventional political analysis but a work of profound moral and intellectual courage . . . For anyone who still believes the university must be a bulwark against barbarism, this devastating and essential book is both a testimony and a call to arms.”
—Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, author of A Minority of One and The Abrahamic Metacritique on Substack
“Nelson employs the skills of a literary critic, astute political analyst, and experienced professor and researcher to describe the fusion of antizionism and antisemitism that has sadly found both power and respectability in the academy . . . a classic example of one intellectual's effort to place the voice of reason in the service of truth and fine scholarship.”
—Jeffrey Herf, Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus, University of Maryland, author of Three Faces of Antisemitism: Right, Left and Islamist
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Fragments from the Abyss: A Lamentation Chorus for October 7
Introduction: Horror Versus Celebration
Chapter One: An Iconic 10/7 Photograph: Shani Louk up Close and
at a Distance
Chapter Two: The 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampments and
Their Consequences
Chapter Three: Permission to Hate: Anti-Zionist Faculty Say What They Really Mean in the Wake of 10/7
Chapter Four: Faculty Organize for Anti-Zionism and Others Fight Back
Chapter Five: Transforming a Discipline: Lara Sheehi’s Love for Hamas and Her Effort to Remake Psychology to Serve Anti-Zionism
Chapter Six: The Future of Campus Antisemitism after October 7
Chapter Seven: Final Reflections
About The Author
Index