The dark side of the academy

Kassis, Wassilis, 1960-
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Title The dark side of the academy : antisemitism in Canadian and German students.
Contributors Schallié, Charlotte
Original Library/publisher Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. Marlton, NJ. 5,1
Host Item Journal for the Study of Antisemitism (ULS)001112611 5,1 (2013) 63-91
Description Antisemitism is on rise in the post-9/11 world, and university campuses may serve as a mirror of this process
however, it has not been sufficiently researched up to this time. Analyzes the results of surveys conducted at the University of Osnabrück, northern Germany, in 2012-13, and at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in January 2013. 796 students took part in the study in Canada, and 1,004 in Germany. The questions of the survey aimed to assess levels of classic antisemitism (using pre-Holocaust clichés and stereotypes), as well as of secondary antisemitism (i.e. antisemitism "not in spite of, but because of the Holocaust"). Only 1,062 of the 1,800 respondents disagreed strongly with classic antisemitic attitudes
the rest, ca. 40%, endorsed either partially or fully antisemitic statements. Only 670 students disagreed strongly with secondary antisemitism, while ca. 60% blamed Jews, in some way, for maintaining Holocaust memory. Surveys that attest to an ambient racist and antisemitic climate on the campuses call into question the role of universities as protectors of a pluralist society. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Language English
National Library system number 990005477840705171
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