Antisemitism: national or transnational phenomenology?

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Sergio Della Pergola
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2019/120
Language Italian Pages 39 P. 25-63 File size 838 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2019-120002
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The article analyzes a number of fundamental aspects of contemporary anti-semitism through the use of data sources and quantitative analysis techniques. The review includes the main research methods used, the definitions and typol-ogies of antisemitic content, the worldwide geographical distributions of Jews and of anti-Semites, the position of antisemitism in relation to the overall space of Jewish identification, the ideological matrixes of antisemitism, the measure of perceptional coherence between sources internal and external to the Jewish groups, and implications for future research. The data used to illustrate these is-sues derives from recent research, mainly in the European Union but also in the United States and Latin America. The distinction between cognitive, behavioral and emotional aspects will be underlined.

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Sergio Della Pergola, L’antisemitismo: fenomenologia reale e percezioni nel pubblico ebraico in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 120/2019, pp 25-63, DOI: 10.3280/SR2019-120002