S4 E4 | Competitive Suffering: Collective Victimhood and Antisemitic Attitudes

The Dissidents

This week's focus is on research suggesting a link between anti-semitism and a culture of competitive victimhood. Elizabeth and Mike briefly describe research designed to test the hypothesis that the Holocaust serves as a standard for comparing victim status. We consider how the research might help us understand outgroup bias, including anti-semetism, and seemingly inexplicable endorsements of terroristic activities past and present.

Podcast Notes:

Antoniou, G., Dinas, E., & Kosmidis, S. (2020). Collective victimhood and social prejudice: A post‐Holocaust theory of Anti‐Semitism. Political Psychology, 41(5), 861–886.