The Great Hunger. By Cecil Woodham-Smith. New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, 1962. Pp. 510.

Johnson, Eric A.

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“…To overcome the dearth of research on conspiracy theories among non-Western populations, the present study sought to examine antecedents of the Jewish conspiracy theory in Malaysia. This particular conspiracy theory is far-ranging but generally borrows from early European anti-Semitism and posits a Jewish conspiracy for world domination (Johnson, 1987 ; Glaeser, 2005 ). In Malaysia, although this conspiracy was not created de novo (Reid, 2010 ), it has been fueled in particular by a sense of Muslim victimhood and defeat (Suciu, 2008 ).…”

Section: Social Psychological Origins Of Conspiracy Theories: the Casmentioning

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Social Psychological Origins of Conspiracy Theories: The Case of the Jewish Conspiracy Theory in Malaysia

Swami¹

2012

Front. Psychology

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Two studies examined correlates of belief in a Jewish conspiracy theory among Malays in Malaysia, a culture in which state-directed conspiracism as a means of dealing with perceived external and internal threats is widespread. In Study 1, 368 participants from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, completed a novel measure of belief in a Jewish conspiracy theory, along with measures of general conspiracist ideation, and anomie. Initial analysis showed that the novel scale factorially reduced to a single dimension. Further analysis showed that belief in the Jewish conspiracy theory was only significantly associated with general conspiracist ideation, but the strength of the association was weak. In Study 2, 314 participants completed the measure of belief in the Jewish conspiracy theory, along with measures of general conspiracist ideation, and ideological attitudes. Results showed that belief in the Jewish conspiracy theory was associated with anti-Israeli attitudes, modern racism directed at the Chinese, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation. General conspiracist ideation did not emerge as a significant predictor once other variables had been accounted for. These results suggest that there may be specific cultural and social psychological forces that drive belief in the Jewish conspiracy theory within the Malaysian context. Specifically, belief in the Jewish conspiracy theory among Malaysian Malays appears to serve ideological needs and as a mask for anti-Chinese sentiment, which may in turn reaffirm their perceived ability to shape socio-political processes.

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Section: Social Psychological Origins Of Conspiracy Theories: the Casmentioning

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Social Psychological Origins of Conspiracy Theories: The Case of the Jewish Conspiracy Theory in Malaysia

Swami¹

2012

Front. Psychology

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“…Fascists in Nazi Germany and in 1980s Argentina accused their nations’ Jews of having hidden loyalties to socialist regimes (Rein, 2003), whereas the Soviet Union regularly persecuted its Jews for harboring secret sympathies for the West (Weitz, 2001). Jews have been chastised as being corruptly cosmopolitan and as being insular traditionalists, as being heretical free-thinkers and as being mystical obscurantists, as being weak, ineffectual, and effete and as stealthily advancing toward worldwide domination (Johnson, 1987).…”

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Modern anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli attitudes.

Cohen¹,

Jussim²,

Harber³

et al. 2009

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Anti-Semitism is resurgent throughout much of the world. A new theoretical model of anti-Semitism is presented and tested in 3 experiments. The model proposes that mortality salience increases anti-Semitism and that anti-Semitism often manifests as hostility toward Israel. Study 1 showed that mortality salience led to greater levels of anti-Semitism and lowered support for Israel. This effect occurred only in a bogus pipeline condition, indicating that social desirability masks hostility toward Jews and Israel. Study 2 showed that mortality salience caused Israel, but no other country, to perceptually loom large. Study 3 showed that mortality salience increased punitiveness toward Israel's human rights violations more than it increased hostility toward the identical human rights violations committed by Russia or India. Collectively, results suggest that Jews constitute a unique cultural threat to many people's worldviews, that anti-Semitism causes hostility to Israel, and that hostility to Israel may feed back to increase anti-Semitism.

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The Great Hunger. By Cecil Woodham-Smith. New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, 1962. Pp. 510.

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Social Psychological Origins of Conspiracy Theories: The Case of the Jewish Conspiracy Theory in Malaysia

Social Psychological Origins of Conspiracy Theories: The Case of the Jewish Conspiracy Theory in Malaysia

Modern anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli attitudes.

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