Introduction

This book provides a systematic overview of the key conceptsConcept, stereotypes and topoi that make up antisemitic discourse online today. It outlines the distinguishing characteristics of 46 antisemitic conceptsConcept or stereotypes, ranging from classical or ‘canonical’ stereotypes that have existed for hundreds of years, to newer concepts that have emerged in the wake of the HolocaustHolocaust and the establishment of the State of IsraelIsrael. The book serves as a reference guide for anyone who has encountered a statement, text or image, that they suspect to be antisemitic. Through the interpretation of authentic statements, it shows how the antisemitic idea contained therein, as well as the linguistic mechanisms through which this idea is expressed, can be precisely identified.