Published : 2013-12-31

Category of “a righteous Jew” in the neo-National Democratic journalism. Journalism-based study

Ewa Maj



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If regarded as a source, the neo-National Democratic journalism became an important document on the political history of Europe and Poland in the 20th and early 21st centuries, including the political thought, events and people involved in the processes of communication in the contemporary Poland. It could reflect how political movements and society interacted. It was a stimulus to reconstruct political events or indicate their political importance. Also, the neo-National Democratic journalism enabled the recorded content to be analysed following the rules adopted in the literature of subject. The created category of “a righteous Jew” was based on stereotypes and related political myths, feelings and emotions. The adopted associative model helped recall archetypal qualities of personality, behaviour and attitudes associated with the Jewish people. Pieces of information about individuals or events were associated according to historical associa-tions to be later generalised and applied to the entire community. The established contras-tive features of “a righteous Jew” and “an unrighteous Jew” followed the scheme of useful and expected versus negative and disapproved features. The clear comparisons made pre-sented “a righteous Jew” as dignified, honest, dutiful, responsible, diligent, trustful where-as “an unrighteous Jew” as shameful, negligent, dishonest, unreliable, deceitful.

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stereotypes, neonatal-democratic journalism, Judaism, a just Jew, Jewish people, historical source



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Maj , E. (2013). Category of “a righteous Jew” in the neo-National Democratic journalism. Journalism-based study. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 3(3), 77–86. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.558

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