Political Antisemitism in the Postfactual Age

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Antisemitism was long marginalized and discredited even among authoritarian parties, groups, and movements in liberal democracies after 1945. Today, I argue that it has reentered the political sphere. In the 21st century, it is often politically mobilized by a variety of authoritarian actors across the political spectrum. The return of political antisemitism benefits from more favorable political-cultural opportunity structures, featuring new postfactual digital media ecosystems, democratic legitimacy crises, and global authoritarian wave.