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Anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany – Commonalities and differences

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Anti-Semitism and racism are phenomena that again today are in the focus across Europe. Not only is xenophobia a cornerstone of European rightist populism, anti-Semitism as well has not at all vanished from right-wing populist ideologies and at present is more strongly manifest in Europe (cf. Merkl and Weinberg, 2003). Still, a comparison between Germany and Austria appears particularly interesting. The starting point for such a comparison is the common heritage of National Socialism: The countries’ populations were united by a broad consent for NS ideology and politics in which anti-Semitism played a significant role as much as racism. Following 1945, Germany was held responsible internationally as guilty of crimes.

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  1. Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Hilde Weiss (Professor)

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  1. Institute of Political Science, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

    Samuel Salzborn

  2. Institute of Sociology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Eldad Davidov

  3. Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Jost Reinecke

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Weiss, H. (2012). Anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany – Commonalities and differences. In: Salzborn, S., Davidov, E., Reinecke, J. (eds) Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18898-0_20

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