Die Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert

Verbal anti-Semitism reveals itself as violence in linguistic form. This study is based on the analysis of over 10,000 e-mails and letters sent to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy. It considers the question of how specific ideas about Jews are constructed and activated. At which point can a statement be regarded as anti-Semitic? To what extent does anti-Israelism represent a new variant of verbal anti-Semitism? The two authors examine the various verbal manifestations of current anti-Semitism and the mental images on which these are based, applying both a historical perspective and the perspective of linguistic and cognitive science.