Pragmatic Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism as Civic Religion: The Troubled Case Of Belgium
Speaker: Jo\xebl Kotek\n\nAffiliation: Professor of Political Science, Universit\xe9 Libre de Bruxelles; Lecturer, SciencesPo (Paris)\n\nTitle: "Pragmatic Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism as Civic Religion: The Troubled Case of Belgium"\n\nLocation: McGill University, Montreal, Canada\n\nDate: November 27, 2012\n\nDescription: Professor Jo\xebl Kotek states that since 2001 Belgium witnessed a stark rise in antisemitism \u2013 the most significant since 1945. He notes that many groups within Belgian society exploit the Arab-Israeli conflict in order to liberate antisemitic discourse and make it acceptable within mainstream society.