| No 159
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Anti-Semitism and the Young Elite in Hungary |
| Institution |
Lorand Eotvos University: H-1364 Budapest Hungary |
|
Publication (Journal) |
Sociological Papers 5 no. 3 (November 1996): 1-74 |
| Published in |
Israel, 1996 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
The resurgence of open ethnocentrism and anti-Semitism in postcommunist Hungary is examined to address whether anti-Semitism will remain on the fringes or become a central way of thinking, which depends on the elites' capacity to tolerate it. Interview data gathered in 1992 from 1,000 college students indicated that 32 percent held collective negative beliefs about Jewish people. Factors related to this included social, educational, and financial status of subjects' parents and type and location of educational institution attended. Analysis revealed two types of anti-Semitic views: xenophobic and identity forming. The dynamics and possibility of the spread of these two ways of thinking are discussed. |
| Discipline(s) |
sociology
, political history
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| Source(s) |
interview
, survey
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