‘Upping the Antis’: addressing the conceptual ambiguities surrounding ‘Antisemitism’

Manuela Consonni

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-022-00665-4

‘Upping the Antis’: addressing the conceptual ambiguities surrounding ‘Antisemitism’

Manuela Consonni

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

The question of antisemitism encompasses a dispute between “eternalists,” who believe in the perpetual continuity of anti-Jewish sentiments throughout history, and “contextualists,” who regard each instance in its own time, place and situation. The essay aims to confront and clarify some of the complexity of the problem by reconsidering the notions of discontinuity versus continuity and by focusing on antisemitism in its relationship to racism and anti-Zionism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-33
Number of pages	9
Journal	Society
Volume	59
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-022-00665-4
State	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

Anti-Zionism
Contexualism
Continuity
Discontinuity
Essentialism
Racism

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences

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