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Holocaust Appropriation in Anti-Mask Protests - A New Challenge to IHRA Definition?
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TARANT, Z. Holocaust Appropriation in Anti-Mask Protests - A New Challenge to IHRA Definition?. London, 2022.21st Century Antisemitism
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| Druh: | PŘEDNÁŠKA, POSTER |
| Jazyk publikace: | eng |
| Anglický název: | Holocaust Appropriation in Anti-Mask Protests - A New Challenge to IHRA Definition? |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Místo konání: | London |
| Autoři: | Mgr. Zbyněk Tarant Ph.D. |
| Abstrakt EN: | To our misfortune, antisemitism develops more quickly than our legal and scholarly definitions of it. Its fluidity was again aptly demonstrated during the anti-mask and anti-vaccination protests across Europe. Along with the antisemitic conspiracy myths, such as ?plandemic?, or the belief that vaccines are meant to sterilize the world population, there were cases of abuse of Holocaust-related symbolism and iconography by the protesters, such as wearing yellow Stars of David, comparing epidemiological measures to Nuremberg laws and comparing vaccine mandate to the Nazi genocidal program. My presentation will explore the ideological and quasi-religious background of these myths, many of which have roots in the scene of Western Esotericism. As my presentation will argue, these incidents stretch our current definitions of antisemitism and some are not even covered by them. For example, the IHRA definition has no provision that would recognize such cases of Holocaust Appropriation in anti-vaxxer discourse as antisemitic, despite their harmful impact on Jewish life and tendency to banalize the horrors of the Shoah. Is it time to update the IHRA definition? |
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