Sources, consequences and measurement of antisemitism |
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| Coordinator 1 | Dr Marcus Eisentraut (University of Cologne) |
| Coordinator 2 | Dr Christian Czymara (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main) |
| Coordinator 3 | Mr Pascal Kolkwitz-Anstötz (GESIS - Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences) |
| Coordinator 4 | Professor Eldad Davidov (University of Cologne) |
| Coordinator 5 | Professor Peter Schmidt (Justus Liebig University Giessen) |
The 7th of October Massacre has been referred to by the anti-defamation league as the most murderous attack against Jews since the holocaust. Since then, antisemitism and verbal or physical antisemitic attacks have been on the rise in Europe and around the world. However, antisemitism is by no means new and has been widespread all over the world since centuries. Furthermore, its expressions vary over time and across countries.
Antisemitism takes different forms and expresses itself verbally, physically and institutionally. Classic antisemitism has been a major dimension of antisemitism, tapping into the belief of respondents that Jews have too much influence or that they are to be blamed for their persecution, reversing the roles of perpetrators and victims. As classic antisemitism has become increasingly socially undesirable, antisemites have targeted their sentiments toward the state of Israel instead, representing the ultimate Jewishness. Israel-related antisemitism reflects the demonization, delegitimization and the application of double standards toward the state of Israel. This dimension can be empirically and theoretically clearly differentiated from non-antisemitic critical attitudes toward Israel. Finally, in some societies, particularly in Germany, antisemitism can also take the form of the relativization of the holocaust (“secondary antisemitism”). Various data sources allow the measurement, monitoring, explanation, and critical evaluation of antisemitism in Europe and around the world.
In this session we invite papers that (1) identify sources and consequences of antisemitism, and (2) explore its different dimensions, both theoretically and empirically, in Europe and beyond.