Helen Fein (September 17, 1934[1] – May 14, 2022) was a historical sociologist and professor who specialized in genocide, human rights, collective violence and other issues.[2] She was an author and editor of four books and monographs, an associate of the International Security Program (Harvard University),[3] and a founder and first president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Fein was the executive director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide (City University of New York).[4] She died on May 14, 2022 at the age of 87.[5]
InThe persisting question: sociological perspectives and social contexts of modern antisemitism, Fein wrote:
I propose to define antisemitism as a persisting latent structure of hostile beliefs towards Jews as a collectivity manifested in individuals as attitudes, and in culture as myth, ideology, folklore, and imagery, and in actions — social or legal discrimination, political mobilization against the Jews, and collective or state violence — which results in and/or is designed to distance, displace, or destroy Jews as Jews.[6]
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