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Book SynopsisThis book illustrates the two clear trends in antisemitism today: “old” antisemitism, based in religious and racist prejudices, which has largely disappeared from public discourse in the West after the defeat of Nazi Germany, but has resurfaced in the last quarter-century in the face of right wing frustration of weakening nation states in a globalized world; and “new” antisemitism, or the antisemitic narrativization of Israel, which is most commonly found on the Left, in the Muslim world, and in the post-colonial discourse. This collection of essays analyzes both old and new antisemitisms, in order to understand their place in the world of today and tomorrow.
Trade Review“Compiled by Mikael Shainkman, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, this informative collection of papers focusses largely – but not exclusively – on contemporary European anti-Semitism. … Shainkman’s collection, in short, constitutes a valuable addition to the corpus of literature about contemporary anti-Semitism in Europe and elsewhere. Experts on anti-Semitism, as well as laymen interested in this phenomenon, will undoubtedly discover much of interest amongst its contributions.” —David Rodman, Israel Affairs, Vol. 25
-- David Rodman * Israel Affairs *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Continuity and Change of Antisemitism
- Mikael Shainkman
- Different Antisemitisms: On Three Distinct Forms of Antisemitism in Contemporary Europe, with a Special Focus on Sweden
- Lars Dencik and Karl Marosi
- Holocaust Memory and Holocaust Revisionism in Poland and Moldova: A Comparison
- Natalia Sineaeva-Pankowska
- Honoring the Collaborators: The Ukrainian Case
- Irena Cantorovich
- The Rise of the Radical Right in Europe and the Jews
- Michael Whine
- The Worrisome Defiance of the Golden Dawn
- Michal Navoth
- The Struggle over the International Working Definition of Antisemitism
- Dina Porat
- Discrimination against Muslims and Antisemitic Views among Young Muslims in Europe
- Günther Jikeli
- Debates on Islamized Antisemitism in Austria in the Wake of the Israel-Gaza Conflict, 2014
- Julia Edthofer
- Antisemitism and the Struggle for the “Good” Society: Ambivalent Responses to Antisemitic Attitudes and Ideas in the 2014 Swedish Electoral Race
- Kristin Wagrell
- Mohamed Omar and the Selective Detection of Non-Nazi Antisemitism
- Mathan Ravid
- After the Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Line between Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech
- Andre Oboler
- Online Antisemitic Propaganda and Negationism in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Ahmadinejad and His Enduring Legacy
- Liora Hendelman-Baavur
- The Nisman Case: Its Impact on the Jewish Community and on National Politics in Argentina
- Adrian Gruszniewski and Lidia Lerner
- Venezuela’s 2012 Presidential Elections: Introducing Antisemitism into Venezuelan Political Discourse
- Lidia Lerner
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
