Language:
English
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
East European Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
23,2 (1993) 51-59
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Jews History 1945-
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Abstract:
Summarizes and comments on the findings of a sociological research project on the attitudes toward Jews of a sample of 1,000 students from Hungarian universities and colleges in 1992-93. Focusing on stereotypes, remarks that Jews are perceived as a distinctive outgroup, with stereotypical negative or positive attributes. According to the survey, 48% of the students are not antisemitic, 45% are "moderately" antisemitic (with some anti-Jewish prejudices), and 7% form an antisemitic hard core. The last category considers the Jews as a dangerous rival group. Points to a significant change in the prejudicial stereotypes, e.g. the lack of influence of the traditional stereotype of the money-grubbing Jews. Concludes that the survey shows that stereotyping does not necessarily imply antisemitism. It could reflect, also, the relationship between prejudice and attitudes toward the assimilation of the Jews.
Note:
Appeared previously in Hungarian in "Világosság" (August-September 1993).
DOI:
10.1080/13501679308577751
URL:
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