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This book examines the most frequent form of Jew-hatred: Israel-related antisemitism. After defining this hate ideology in its various manifestations and the role the internet plays in it, the author explores the question of how Israel-related antisemitism is communicated and understood through the language used by readers in below-the-line comments. Drawing on a corpus of over 6,000 comments from traditionally left-wing news outlets The Guardian and Die Zeit, the author examines both implicit and explicit comparisons made between modern-day Israel and both colonial Britain and Nazi Germany. His analyses are placed within the context of resurgent neo-nationalism in both countries, and it is argued that these instances of antisemitism perform a multi-faceted role in absolving guilt, re-writing history, and reinforcing in-group status. This book will be of interest not only to linguistics scholars, but also to academics in fields such as internet studies, Jewish studies, hate speech and antisemitism.

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Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft

• Full title: Antisemitism in Reader Comments
• Author: Matthias J. Becker
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 22
• EAN: 9783030701024
• ISBN: 3030701026
• ID: 35758715
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Weight: 837 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 34 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 2021

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