Antisemitism is predicted by anti-hierarchical aggression, totalitarianism, and belief in malevolent global conspiracies

Abstract Two cross-sectional studies were carried out in order to identify predictors of antisemitism, measured using the Generalised Antisemitism or GeAs scale. In first, which used a self-selecting sample UK-resident adults ( n = 809), age, gender, ethnicity, and educational level as well wide range ideological analysed bivariate antisemitism. second, representative 1853), same demographic plus non-demographic found have strongest relationships with previous study construct linear model multiple predictors. Ethnicity, support for totalitarian government, belief malevolent global conspiracies, anti-hierarchical aggression identified Antisemitism. However, government was only predict ‘old’ antisemitic attitudes (measured Judeophobic JpAs subscale) not ‘new’ Antizionist AzAs subscale), whereas aggression, conspiracies both attitudes. This finding adds nuance ongoing debates about whether antisemitism is more prevalent on political right left, by suggesting that (at least UK) it instead associated conspiracist view world, desire overturn social order, preference authoritarian forms government—all may exist right, elsewhere. Data from samples are open, code carry analyses presented here.