Antisemitic Discourse in Czechoslovak Daily Newspaper Rudé právo from 1951 to 1953

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537121.2025.2484023" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537121.2025.2484023</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2025.2484023" target="_blank" >10.1080/13537121.2025.2484023</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Antisemitic Discourse in Czechoslovak Daily Newspaper Rudé právo from 1951 to 1953

Original language description

This article examines the antisemitic discourse in the Czechoslovak daily newspaper Rudé Právo from 1951 to 1953, with a particular focus on the Rudolf Slánský trial. The trial, which took place in November 1952, was a highly publicized event that became a peak of public antisemitism in Czechoslovakia. Despite frequent public declarations by state authorities that antisemitism had no place in communist societies, Rudé právo constantly demonstrated hostile attitudes towards Jews, Israel, and Zionism. The article analyzes the language used in Rudé právo to show how antisemitic discourse was subtly inserted into the newspaper's content. The analysis focuses on the appraisal pattern JEWS ARE BAD by combining two approaches towards stancetaking in discourse: lexical-semantic and systemic functional. The results of the analysis show that this appraisal pattern is based on five complex postulates that indicate that the condemned people are conspirators and traitors, because being a Jew implies supporting Zionist organizations, which means collaboration with and support of the imperialist enemies. The findings of the study thus demonstrate the persistence of antisemitic attitudes in communist societies, challenging the traditional notion that communist ideology eradicates all forms of prejudice by promoting the equality of all people.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EH23_025%2F0008735" target="_blank" >EH23_025/0008735: Urbanity: Inequality, adaptation and urban public space in historical perspective</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Israel Affairs

ISSN

1353-7121

e-ISSN

1743-9086

Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

949-973

UT code for WoS article

001677940600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105029234167