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Right-wing Populism and the perception of the Jews

Right-wing Populism and the perception of the Jews

Dr. Juliane Wetzel

Prior to further examining the more blatant antisemitic manifestations found in the Far-right, let us first turn to the role and place antisemitism holds today in the more “mainstream” Right-wing Populist groups.

How do some among the populist groups and movements view Jews today?

  • Kahmann, Bodo, “‘The Most Ardent Pro-Israel Party’: Pro-Israel Attitudes and Anti-Antisemitism Among Populist Radical-Right Parties in Europe,” Patterns of Prejudice, vol. 51. no. 5, pp. 396 – 411.

  • Mudde, Cas, The Populist Radical Right: A Reader (London: Routledge, 2016).

  • Wodak, Ruth, ‎Brigitte Mral and ‎Majid KhosraviNik, Right-wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse (Bloomsbury: Indiana University Press, 2013).

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