ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I discuss some aspects of the revival/continuance of Austrian antisemitism since 1945. First, a short summary of the history of post-war antisemitism in Austria is necessary in order to allow a contextualisation of specific utterances from the Vienna election campaign of 2001, which will be analysed in detail. Second, I will elaborate on the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA), which should allow readers to follow and understand the in-depth discourse analysis of specific utterances by Jörg Haider, the former leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) during the 2001 Vienna election campaign. Finally, the question of whether we are dealing with ‘new-old’ antisemitism in Europe or just ‘more of the same’ will be raised. This topic is constantly debated in the media and by politicians in relation to the events of 11 September 2001, the war in Iraq and the current crisis in the Middle East.
