Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk

303 Pages·2014·1.45 MB·English

by  Rusi Jaspal

Antisemitism And Anti-Zionism
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Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Representation, Cognition and everyday talk
RUsi JAsPAL
De Montfort University, UK
© Rusi Jaspal 2014
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Antisemitism and anti-Zionism: representation, cognition, and everyday talk / by Rusi
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isBn 978-1-4724-0725-2 (epub) 1. Antisemitism. 2. Antisemitism—iran. 3. Zionism.
4. israel—Foreign public opinion, British. 5. Public opinion—Great Britain. 6. discourse
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Series Editor’s Preface xi
Foreword xiii
Part I IntroductIon
1 Introduction 3
Part II antIsemItIsm and antI-ZIonIsm
2 Antisemitism: Continuities and Discontinuities 19
3 Israel and the Emergence of Anti-Zionism
and “New Antisemitism” 47
4 A Social Psychological Framework for Examining
Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk 67
Part III textual and VIsual rePresentatIons of
Jews and the JewIsh state
5 Representing the Jewish State in the Iranian Press 81
6 Visualising the Holocaust: Iran’s Holocaust Cartoon Contest 103
Part IV thInkIng and talkIng about Jews and
the JewIsh state
7 “Death to Israel”: Perceptions of Israel and Jews
among Iranian Muslims 119
8 “I’m not Antisemitic but … ”: Perceptions of Israel and Jews
among British Pakistani Muslims 155
viii Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Part V resPondIng to antIsemItIsm and
antI-ZIonIsm
9 Re-Visiting Siege Mentality: Israeli Responses to Antisemitism
and Anti-Zionism 179
10 British Jews: Making Sense of Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism 205
Part VI conclusIon
11 Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Putting the Pieces Together 235
References 247
Index 267
Acknowledgements
I would like to begin by thanking the following institutions which have, in one way
or another, supported the research activity upon which this book is based: The Center
of Israel Studies at the American University, Washington DC, USA; the Iran Media
Program at the Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Pennsylvania,
USA; and the Association for Israel Studies. I am grateful to the Department of
Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; the School of Sociology
and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK; and the School of Applied
Social Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, for providing stimulating
research environments and for supporting my research over the years.
I thank Professor Joël Kotek and Dr Zsófia Kata Vincze for their immensely
helpful attitude to my research into the visual aspects of antisemitism, Dr Andreea
Ernst-Vintila for her challenging but constructive criticism on my research into
social representations of the Holocaust, and Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor
for inviting me to share my ideas with him and his colleagues at the Middle East
Study Group at the University of Hull, which helped crystallise my thinking in this
area. I am grateful to Dr Neil Jordan, the senior commissioning editor at Ashgate
for his enthusiasm about my idea to write this book, and Dr Anne Kershen, the
series editor, for her very helpful and constructive feedback on an earlier version
of the book manuscript.
Finally, I must apologise to my family and close friends for neglecting them
during the writing of this and other books and thank them for being so patient,
understanding and supportive.