Eylem Kanol

Kann Kultur zur Erklärung von Vorurteilen beitragen?
@kanol.bsky.social und @maxschaub.bsky.social gehen dieser Frage am Beispiel des Anstiegs antisemitischer Einstellungen während der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland nach.

@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social | Hier geht's zur Studie 🔽

@kanol.bsky.social und @maxschaub.bsky.social heben die Bedeutung der kulturellen Wurzeln des Antisemitismus, insbesondere des christlichen Antijudaismus, hervor und zeigen aktuelle Reaktivierungen:
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Die aktuellen Debatten über eine Entkernung des Sozialstaates mitten in einer Phase wirtschaftlicher Schwäche, in der mehr Menschen noch stärker auf eben diesen angewiesen sein könnten - das darf man wohl Konjunkturprogramm für Extremismus nennen.

Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?

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@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social

We demonstrate our argument by documenting the cultural script of traditional antisemitism in canonical texts and in the minds of Germans. Using survey and experimental data, we show how it was activated among Christian believers during the pandemic.

Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

It’s shocking to me the lack of response from the American population (elite & non-elite) to the craziness of the current administration. Protests against ICE are good, but at the same time Americans seem to be brushing off the imperial craziness of the regime and barely any public opposition.

good morning mr president, heres your daily list of things you could do today to make everyones life worse

Herzlichen Glückwunsch Thomas! Well deserved! :)

This does have international ramifications too, as far-right parties abroad can claim that the term is not “extremist” because the U.S. government also uses it.

Abstract

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

I’m very happy and honored to be selected among the “100 Minds of Berlin Science 2025” by Der Tagesspiegel — recognizing researchers who shape Berlin’s scientific landscape through outstanding research, teaching, and innovative science communication.

👏 Die 100 wichtigsten Köpfe der Berliner Wissenschaft:

Wir gratulieren dem Soziologen Dr. Eylem Kanol, dem Historiker Dr. Hanno Hochmut und Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de im sechsten Teil der Serie des @tagesspiegel.de

Qualitative data — UK Data Service A comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data.

Maybe useful? Source: UK Data Service share.google/b1Z7j3NaSYbx...

I'm of the view that, when @adamprz.bsky.social writes about democracy, we should pay a lot of attention... adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/musings-1

Die AfD hat im brandenburgischen Landtag beantragt, die Streichung der Förderung für das Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung @pik-potsdam.bsky.social durchzusetzen.

Der Landtag folgt diesem mit großer Mehrheit nicht, aber: Sie fahren 1:1 den Trump-Kurs.

#AfDVerbotJetzt

It was never about free speech.

It was always about protecting whiteness and its discursive power. If it were about speech, they wouldn’t ban the 1619 Project, books, and history itself, or punish those who remind us of the bigotry Charlie Kirk proudly espoused.

Some of us been tryna tell y’all.

Trump Hails Kimmel Suspension After Criticizing U.K. on Free Speech President Trump has accused Britain of mounting a crackdown on political expression. But he welcomed the ABC network’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

Says it all, really.

US workers fired over Charlie Kirk social media posts United Airlines, Nasdaq, Washington Post and others dismiss employees in aftermath of conservative activist’s murder

Gleichschaltung der Meinungsfreiheit.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Trumps Krieg gegen die Redefreiheit ist der Gipfel der Heuchelei Seit der Ermordung von Charlie Kirk attackiert die US-Regierung immer härter alle Andersdenkenden – und tut dies im Namen der Meinungsfreiheit

„Als hätten Trump und sein Team nur auf einen Anlass gewartet“, @krisenfrey.bsky.social über Trumps Krieg gegen die Redefreiheit als Gipfel der Heuchelei www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

As a former assistant at the IR Chair (1993-1998) and Managing Director of the Institute (1998-2002) I kindly ask you to sign

Why copying the populist right isn’t going to save the left The long read: Social democratic parties have been losing ground for more than two decades – but pandering to rightwing anxieties about immigration is not the solution

From SIX years ago… insane that so many on the “center left” still don’t get the point. There is now so much solid empirical research available too.

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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On Thursday at 8:30: I'll be presenting joint work with @dasalgon.bsky.social on how parties react to political violence and contribute to political polarisation. @kanol.bsky.social , Gary LaFree and I organised a panel with excellent cotributions by @britdavidson.bsky.social and Leoni Heyn

We have had stable, professional, vouchsafed information about the physical & economic world for so long that we entirely take it for granted. It's going to be truly wild to operate in a world where quite literally no one knows for sure what is happening, where there is no fact of the matter.

Macht was Ihr wollt, aber denkt dran. Die Klimakrise zu ignorien ist sehr viel teurer als etwas dagegen zu unternehmen. Natürlich ist es unbequem, auf Megakonsum zu verzichten, aber irgendwann geht uns so der Reichtum aus wegen Schäden und ständiger nachträglicher Adaption, die dann nie reicht.