Politics and Resentment: Examining Antisemitism and Counter-Cosmopolitanism in the European Union and Beyond

Antisemitism in Contemporary Poland

“…Radical right parties articulate an evident electoral demand by catering to significant counter-cosmopolitan constituencies that harbor resentments against social and cultural change in general and immigrants and Jews in particular. Moreover, they benefit from a broader European political climate in which certain anti-immigrant resentments have resurfaced and in which forms of modernized antisemitism (Rensmann & Schoeps 2011) are becoming increasingly respectable and tolerated. Finally, the radical right is one of several agents that seeks to exploit current European and globalization crises affecting European citizens, such as the European financial debt crisis, and feeds into persisting anti-Jewish undercurrents and conspiracy theories.…”

“…It portrays the two countries in which most of the world's Jews live, namely the United States and Israel, as the main-if not the onlyvillains in world politics and the global economy, while letting brutal dictatorships and repressive regimes across the world off the hook. Anti-Israel sentiments and anti-Zionism that go far beyond criticism of the Israeli government and its policies are in most cases no longer discredited as illegitimate resentments against another group or country but have become a badge of honor even among public figures and politicians on the left, who otherwise tend to support anti-discrimination policies and universal human rights (Hirsh 2007;Markovits 2011;Rensmann & Schoeps 2011;Wistrich 2010).…”

The Antisemitic Backlash to Financial Power: Conspiracy Theory as a Response to Financial Complexity and Crisis

“…2. For notable exceptions from outside IPE, see Rensman and Schoeps (2010), Jacobs (2011), and Stögner and Bischof (2018). 3.…”

Media Images and Experiences of Being a Jew in the Swedish City of Malmö

“…Much of the literature argues that today's anti-Semitic hate crimes are triggered by the conflicts in the Middle East-often referred to as "new antiSemitism" (e.g., Bacquet, 2009;Bunzl, 2005;Chesler, 2003;Forster & Epstein, 1974;FRA, 2013;Glazer, 2010;Iganski, 2013;Iganski & Kosmin, 2003;Levy, 1991;MacShane, 2008;Marrus et al, 2005;Rensmann & Schoeps, 2010;Silverstein, 2008;Smith, 2012;Taguieff, 2004). Many of these authors argue that a new wave or outbreak of hostility toward Jews in Europe began with the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000 and is still making its presence felt.…”

“…Some scholars emphasize that anti-Semitism stems from prejudices, ideologies, and conspiracy theories portraying Jews as powerful, cunning, and dangerous (e.g., Bergmann, 2008;Bilewicz & Krzeminski, 2010;Byford, 2003;Kersten & Hankel, 2013;Rensmann & Schoeps, 2010;Rudling, 2006). Much of this literature argues that understanding the causes of anti-Semitic hate crime also means recognizing the conspiratorial and mythical nature of the anti-Semitic ideology.…”