The European Union, antisemitism, and the politics of denial

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Label

The European Union, antisemitism, and the politics of denial

Statement of responsibility

R. Amy Elman

Creator

• Elman, R. Amy, 1961-

Author

• Elman, R. Amy, 1961-

Subject

• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World | European
• Antisemitism -- European Union countries -- Public opinion
• Antisemitism
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
• Politics and government
• Ethnic relations
• Antisemitism -- European Union countries
• Europe -- European Union countries
• European Union countries -- Ethnic relations
• Public opinion
• Public opinion -- European Union countries
• European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Antisemitism -- Public opinion
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies

Language

eng

Summary

"Copublished with the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, this study asks if the European Union (EU) has the capacity or the will to counter antisemitism. The desire to counter antisemitism was a significant impetus toward the formation of the EU in the twentieth century and now prejudice against Jews threatens to subvert that goal in the twenty-first. The European Union, Antisemitism, and the Politics of Denial offers an overview of the circumstances that obliged European political institutions to take action against antisemitism and considers the effectiveness of these interventions by considering two seemingly dissimilar EU states, Austria and Sweden. This examination of the European Union's strategy for countering antisemitism discloses escalating prejudice within the EU in the aftermath of 9/11. The author contends that Europe's political actors have responded to the challenge and provocation of antisemitism with only sporadic rhetoric and inconsistent commitment, a halfhearted strategy for countering antisemitism that exacerbates skepticism toward EU institutions and their commitments to equality and justice. This exposition of the insipid character of the EU's response simultaneously suggests alternatives that might mitigate the subtle and potentially devastating creep of antisemitism in Europe. This study offers a new approach insofar as scholarly considerations of the EU's attempts to combat racism rarely focus on antisemitism, while scholarship on antisemitism rarely considers the political context of the European Union."--

Member of

• Studies in antisemitism

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.892/404

Index

index present

LC call number

DS146.E85

LC item number

E46 2015eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Studies in Antisemitism