Cyclical Patterns in Antisemitism

Résumé du livre

Traces the fluctuations of intensity of antisemitic incidents over the past thirty years, as recorded in Western Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, tending to follow general cyclical patterns. There were three main waves of anti-Jewish violence: the "Swastika Epidemic" (1959-60), the late 1970s-early 1980s, and between 1987-early 1990s. Compares the antisemitic waves with figures on the ethnic and general crime rate of the same period, as well as with the spiral of economic crisis in Western Europe, concluding that there is only a partial correlation between these phenomena. The waves of antisemitic violence are governed rather by some autonomous laws, justifying a quantitative as well as a qualitative methodological approach.