This study considers the question of how specific ideas about Jews are constructed and activated. At which point can a statement be regarded as anti-Semitic? The two authors examine the various verbal manifestations of current anti-Semitism and the mental images on which these are based, applying both a historical perspective and the perspective of linguistic and cognitive science.

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Monika Schwarz-Friesel, Technische Universität Berlin; Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.