The new fascism syndrome: the common deep structure of anti-Semitism and islamophobia

Authors

  • Wilfried Graf

Abstract

“The fight of the cultures" has at the moment a dualistic character: Being the friend of one side means to be the foe of the other. The new form of antisemitism and islamophobia are a reaction to accelerated globalisation. Psychoanalysis allows to define the fascism syndrome as a ubiquitous phenomenon and to describe its sociopsychological horizon of meaning. Following J. Galtung, the theory of the historical sociocultural unconscious is elaborated. This helps to transform the “battle of the cultures" into an intercultural conflict management.

Keywords Fascism; Anti-Semitism; Islamophobia; Ideology; Europe; Culture of images; Colonialisation; Intercultural conflict transformation

Author Biography

Wilfried Graf

Dr. Wilfried Graf, Jahrgang 1952, Soziologe und Friedensforscher, Konfliktberater in internationalen Dialogprojekten (Sri Lanka, Zentralasien, Südkaukasus, Balkan). Er war von 1983 bis 2005 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Österreichischen Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktlösung in
Stadtschlaining. Seit 2006 ist er Co-Direktor des Instituts für integrative Konfliktbearbeitung und Friedensentwicklung in Wien. Mitorganisator der Internationalen Akademie für Konfliktlösung - COMPAIR: Methoden im Dialog.

Korrespondenz: Institut für integrative Konfliktbearbeitung und Friedensentwicklung, Guglgasse 8/4/4/18, 1110 Wien, Österreich

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Published

2006-04-01

How to Cite

Graf, W. (2006). The new fascism syndrome: the common deep structure of anti-Semitism and islamophobia. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 102–107. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/330

Issue

No. 2 (2006): Psychotherapie Forum 14/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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