Patterns Of Prejudice Research Articles

Surfing the great white wave: The internet, extremism and the problem of Control1

(1996). Surfing the great white wave: The internet, extremism and the problem of Control. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 61-71.

‘With waving flags’: Bergen‐Belsen and the myth of liberation1

(1995). ‘With waving flags’: Bergen‐Belsen and the myth of liberation. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 29, No. 2-3, pp. 61-74.

‘The barbarism of representation’: The Nazi critique of modern art and the American New Right'sKulturkampf

(1994). ‘The barbarism of representation’: The Nazi critique of modern art and the American New Right's Kulturkampf. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 28, No. 3-4, pp. 37-56.

The threat of the radical right in Germany1

(1994). The threat of the radical right in Germany. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 28, No. 3-4, pp. 57-66.

The tenacity of tradition:Truthand the Jews 1877–1957

(1994). The tenacity of tradition: Truth and the Jews 1877–1957. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 28, No. 3-4, pp. 67-85.

A cold reception: Holocaust survivors in the Netherlands and their return1

(1994). A cold reception: Holocaust survivors in the Netherlands and their return. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 47-65.

The fascist as ‘other'? Racism and neo‐Nazism in contemporary Britain

(1994). The fascist as ‘other'? Racism and neo‐Nazism in contemporary Britain. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 27-45.

Dismantling taboos: Antisemitism in the Austrian political culture of the 1980s

(1993). Dismantling taboos: Antisemitism in the Austrian political culture of the 1980s. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 39-48.

Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940 (review)

Book Reviews 129 Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940, by Martin Robin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992. 372 pp. $60.00 (c); $16.95 (P). By excoriating nativist and "fascist" extremism during the interwar years, liberal scholars long delegitimized what they perceived as "unAmerican " bigotry. Liberal-pluralists like Richard Hofstadter, Daniel Bell, and Talcott Parsons, among others, argued that such politics had more in common with the totalitarian regimes ofAdolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini than the Republican Party of the United States. In recent years, however, historians Leo P. Ribuffo, Alan Brinkley, and Alan Dawley have challenged this view, exhibiting empathy with such mass leaders as Father Coughlin and Huey Long, and locating "extremist" politics as much within the marrow of American politics as on the fringes. Sadly, the history of the last fifty years teaches that a prime determinant within nativism and fascism-as well as within the everyday lives of most citizens-remains antisemitism. Hatred of, and discrimination against, Jews may have declined in intensity within the United States and Canada since the Second World War, but there can be no doubt that antisemitism lurks ever beneath that thin veneer we term civilization. In Canada, as in the United States, the Great Depression shattered the faith of many citizens in the ability of representative politics to cope with unprecedented economic and social dislocation. Professor Martin Robin, who teaches political science at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, provides an interesting overview of the genesis and evolution of the right-wing in Canada during the 1920s and 1930s. Shades ofRight reflects solid grounding in Canadian secondary and primary sourcesalthough the use of German documents would have helped clarify the connections between Hitler's Reich and the Canadian fascists. Robin's work is primarily descriptive. Building on such studies as LitaRose Betcherman's The Swastika and the Maple Leaf(1975), David Rome's Clouds in the Thirties (1977), Howard Palmer's Patterns of Prejudice: A History of Nativism in Alberta (1982), and Julian Sher's White Hoods (1983), as well as a number of unpublished Ph.D. dissertations, Robin breaks new ground in seeing the continuum between the 1920s and the 1930s, and in seeking to provide an overview of extremist politics in a diverse, sprawling country. Among other topics, he explores the "toxic American transplant" of the Ku Klux Klan-which, his evidence suggests, overlapped significantly with Orange Lodges in Ontario, and similarly adapted itself to the historical culture of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Though Robin fails to make the connection (in fact, he seems 130 SHOFAR Fall 1993 Vol. 12, No. 1 in his one mention of Henry Ford to make him a klansman [po 8]), antisemitic themes Ford popularized during the 1920s in his notorious Dearborn Independent enjoyed great prominence in Canadian venues, in both Klan and nativist/fascist propaganda, as they did in Nazi Germany itself. If the Klan provided the gaudiest show within Canadian nativism (suggesting that for some persons, especially in agrarian regions, the depression arrived well before 1930), other movements of more restricted geographical area emerged soon thereafter. Robin assess the Christian national socialists in Quebec who took the name of Goglus-or skunk blackbird (bobolink), unfair to that admittedly obnoxious bird, but productive of Canada's number-one fascist of the 1930s, Adrien Arcand. Where many pro-fascist leaders and groups enjoyed little success and less longevity, Arcand retained a constant presence until war came in 1939. Robin tells his story well. He assesses the impact various shirted groups exerted, especially upon Canadian urban enclaves of German and Italian immigrants. Assessments of developments in Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal are particularly strong. He also traces the impact of nativist extremists on the established political order on local and provincial levels, as well as their interaction with German consular offices across the country. One point that becomes clear during the book is that antisemitism was no monopoly of the political fringe-that prejudice and concomitant discrimination permeated Canadian society. Yet despite strengths, the book is ultimately disappointing. The index is bare bones, a mere afterthought lacking in imagination and key entries. The author lowers his (and his...

Patterns of Prejudice: Group Interests and Intergroup Attitudes

Despite their potential importance, relatively little research has been done on intergroup attitudes from the perspective of Realistic Conflict theory (RCT). RCT has also typically been limited to a few rather rudimentary propositions concerning the effects of direct competition between groups of relatively equal status and power. In this paper the author elaborates RCT by systematically extending the analysis to other forms of conflicting group interests and intergroup functionality, such as domination and intergroup scapegoating. Different forms of functional interrelation between groups, and the structural location of groups within social systems, seem to generate qualitatively different patterns of prejudice. These can be differentiated in terms of the characteristic image of the outgroup, the affective and behavioural response to the outgroup, the psychological and attributional mechanisms underlying the prejudiced attitudes, and their functionality for the ingroup. These patterns of prejudice may be viewed as mediating between social structure and social action, thus contributing to the historical process. Finally, research is discussed that suggests a broadened version of RCT may be particularly crucial in explaining prejudiced racial attitudes in South Africa.

Holocaust‐Denial and the compelling force of reason

(1992). Holocaust‐Denial and the compelling force of reason. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 26, No. 1-2, pp. 64-76.

France: The carpentras syndrome and beyond

(1991). France: The carpentras syndrome and beyond. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 32-45.

A universe of lies: Holocaust revisionism and the myth of a Jewish world‐conspiracy

(1991). A universe of lies: Holocaust revisionism and the myth of a Jewish world‐conspiracy. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 75-85.

France: French revisionism on trial: The case of Robert Faurisson

(1991). France: French revisionism on trial: The case of Robert Faurisson. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 86-88.

The Jewish response to G. K. Chesterton's antisemitism, 1911–33

(1990). The Jewish response to G. K. Chesterton's antisemitism, 1911–33. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 24, No. 2-4, pp. 75-86.

Antisemitism in France: The spectre of vichy

(1990). Antisemitism in France: The spectre of vichy. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 24, No. 2-4, pp. 5-17.

The restoration of democracy in Argentina and the impunity of antisemitism

(1990). The restoration of democracy in Argentina and the impunity of antisemitism. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 24, No. 2-4, pp. 34-59.

The notion of ‘prejudice’: Some rhetorical and ideological aspects

Introduction A recent issue of a magazine published by the National Front contained an article entitled ‘Patterns of prejudice’. It began with the statement: ‘Perhaps the favourite accusation thrown at the National Front by its multi-racialist critics is that we are simply a bunch of bigots, that our stance on Race, the very heart and core of our political being, is no more than ignorant prejudice against Coloured people’ ( Vanguard , April 1987). The tone of the article was pseudo-academic. The author, in the style of a scholar, defines ‘prejudice’ in his second paragraph: ‘it is generally taken to mean forming an opinion, especially about an issue or person or group of people, without knowing, or without taking into account, all the relevant facts’. The main part of the article was devoted to arguing that the National Front had taken into account ‘the relevant facts’ in coming to its conclusions that Britain should be populated solely with white-skinned people. The author cited psychological books, which claimed that black people were intellectually inferior on average to white people: ‘Read The Inequity of Man by H. J. Eysenck, Professor of Psychology at the University of London for the facts here.’ A couple of paragraphs of lay anthropology were added to suggest that black people in Africa had accomplished ‘virtually nothing’ before ‘the White Man came’. The references to professors and their books led to the predictable conclusion: ‘On the Black issue our verdict is based on the facts, we have judged the case on the evidence, fairly, and come to the only just conclusions.’ It was the National Front’s liberal opponents, who were avoiding the ‘facts’: ‘They can’t site [sic] a mass of scientific evidence to support their beliefs.’ Having defined the key term and having cited the relevant facts, the author’s final sentence points the accusing finger at liberals: ‘Dare we say it – it is they, not we, who are prejudiced.’

The Editorship of Patterns of Prejudice

(1985). The Editorship of Patterns of Prejudice. Patterns of Prejudice: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 3-3.

Book Review: Patterns of Prejudice: A History of Nativism in Alberta

Book Review: Patterns of Prejudice: A History of Nativism in Alberta