Antizionism and the Breakdown of Critical Reason

SPONSOR / PRESENTER: London Centre Study of Contemporary Antisemitism 

Adam will discuss how some academics have given authority to an antisemitic and distorted antizionist ideology.This seminar explores the institutional consolidation of antizionism within the academy, arguing that universities have become the ideological basis from which antizionist discourse gains authority to radiate into journalism, digital cultures, and international organizations. Drawing on ethnographic observation, the talk analyzes how antizionism constructs a pseudo-consensus: a closed system of belief where repetition hardens rumor into truth, and dissent is preemptively coded as bad faith. Jewish objections are excluded not just from public legitimacy, but from the space of reason itself—dismissed through rhetorical devices like the Livingstone formulation, or through the construction of the “Zionist” as a categorically illegitimate actor: presumed right-wing, non-credible, and beyond the bounds of rational discourse. https://londonantisemitism.com/team/david-hirsh-2/  

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