The nature of antisemitism

Prof. Ruth Wodak, Prof. Steven T. Katz, Prof. Michel Wieviorka, Prof. Peter Hayes

After discussing the nature of hate in general, let us move on to explore the nature of antisemitism, asking ourselves the following question:

Does antisemitism have unique characteristics that distinguish it from other prejudices and hostilities?

References

• Gilman, Sander L. and Steven T. Katz, eds., Anti-semitism in Times of Crisis (New York: New York University Press, 1991).‏

• Hayes, Peter, Why?: Explaining the Holocaust (New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017).

• Katz, Steven T., The Holocaust in Historical Context (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).

• Reisigl, Martin and Ruth Wodak, Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism (London: Routledge, 2001).

• Wieviorka, Michel, Evil (London: Polity Press, 2012).

• Wodak, Ruth, “Iudeus ex Machina,” Grazer Linguistische Studien (1989), pp. 153 – 180.

• Yakira, Elhanan, “Virtuous Antisemitism”, in Alvin H. Rosenfeld, ed., Deciphering the New Antisemitism (Boomington: Indiana University Press, 2015) pp. 77 – 102.