Class rivalry in ethno-national migration
Soviet intelligentsia vs. the Russian middle class in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3002005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Varvara Preter (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Julia Lerner (0000-0003-4283-4188, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 156-175 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2024.2367455 |
| OpenAlex | W4401176166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
While most research on stigmatization in migration deals with the prejudice of locals toward immigrants, this article analyzes the symbolic rivalry and contest vividly present in the intra-group Russian-language immigrant discourse in Israel. Drawing on our recent digital ethnography, we focus on the heated discussion between the two social class-based groups – the Soviet-Jewish ‘Intelligentsia’, oldcomers from the Soviet Union to Israel, and the recent migration from Putin’s Russia. If the first is a remnant of the Soviet social structure, the latter is the symbolic successor of the former and is part of the post-Soviet transition. In our interpretation of the harsh digital exchange, we build on the conceptualization of educated middle-class migration and then employ the theoretical lenses of scapegoating and Orientalization – mechanisms of inter-group stigmatization that are both universal and driven by particular scripts of social relations. Our analysis contributes to understanding the broader context of contemporary migration by demonstrating the role played by significant social categories borrowed from home in post-migration processes and group relations. In addition, the article offers a pioneering sociological portrait of the new post-Soviet immigrant group leaving Russia under Putin’s regime
Economics · Epistemology · Intelligentsia · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rivalry · Social class · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance
Diasporic Homecomings
Stigma
Joining the Jewish People
Immigrant intelligentsia and its second generation
Immigration and the metropolis
Polymedia
Digital Russia
Russian Jews on Three Continents
The Sociology of Economic Life
Intelligentsia, intellectuals, and the social functions of intelligence
Intelligentsia exhumed
Communication, democracy, and intelligentsia
Scapegoating
Russians’ in Israel as a post-Soviet subject
The Russian intelligentsia in Israel
Jews and Others
Mixed Jew - it's like being half pregnant”
Reconsidering Migration and Class
Intelligentsia' as an Ethnic Habitus
Jews and Jewish Life in Russia and the Soviet Union
The Red, the White and the Blue
Being an Israeli
How can I be post-Soviet if I was never Soviet?’ Rethinking categories of time and social change – a perspective from Kulob, southern Tajikistan
Nationalist narratives and anti-Immigrant attitudes
Migration To Israel
Supplicants and Citizens
The Ethnic Script in Action
The Great Chain of Orientalism
Making the neighbourhood safer
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Voice, exit and voice again
Class rivalry in ethno-national migration
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Post-Zionist orientalism? Orientalist discourse and Islamophobia among the Russian-speaking intelligentsia in Israel
Four Types of Symbolic Conflict
Petitions and the 'Invention' of Public Opinion in the English Revolution
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |