Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and Anti-Zionism
Discrimination and Political Construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3477645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alberto Spektorowski (0000-0002-5170-8522, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15010074 |
| OpenAlex | W4390673565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article argues that from the end of the 19thcentury, the debate about anti-Semitism became a marker for a wider dispute focusing on the meaning of national identity. Integrating the Jews into the polity was part, and even a justification, of the Enlightenment political project and of the democratic state. However, while the Jewish question was fundamental for politics and philosophy in the Enlightenment, in our time, as the Enlightenment fades, the Muslim question takes its place. This article argues that the goal of integrating Muslims into the Western democratic polity under a culturally blind, egalitarian and secular type of non-discrimination has proven to be unsuccessful. Moreover, rather than pitting racist nationalists against liberal democrats, it has triggered a "civic confrontation" in liberal political thought, between liberal multiculturalists and supporters of religious freedom who understand, on the one hand, and secular democratic integrationists, on the other
Democracy · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Islamophobia · Jewish identity · Judaism · Liberal democracy · Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Theology · Zionism · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Turkey's Politics and Society
The Modernity of Others
Jews Out of the Question
The Jew, the Arab
The Politics of Fear
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves
What Went Wrong?
Communities of Violence
For “Jewish” Read “Muslim”? Islamophobia as a Form of Racialisation of Ethno-Religious Groups in Britain Today
The Plight of the Palestinians
From Multiculturalism to Democratic Discrimination
The End of Jewish Modernity
“The Most We Can Hope For…”
Enemy in the Mirror
Decolonizing Critical Theory
Beyond Beards, Scarves and Halal Meat”
The Israeli century
Laïcité
Islam, education and inclusion
Muslims and the Politics of Difference
National Socialism and Antisemitism
Fighting with phantoms
Islamophobia
Comparative perspectives on anti-Semitism, radical anti-Semitism in the Holocaust and American white racism
An Imperial Entanglement
Islamic Foundations for a Social Contract in non-Muslim Liberal Democracies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |