An unnamed shadow of the Semitic continues to shape Western political thought

Evidence

It should not be surprising, therefore, that, as Gil Anidjar has observed, the shadow of the Semite, an unnamed category, has continued to influence European and wider Western political thought about Jews, Judaism, Arabs and Islam—though this is an area that requires further research. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 707

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that a ‘shadow of the Semite’ persists unacknowledged invites further research — what concrete contemporary debates about Israel/Palestine or Islam in Europe might it surface in?
• XREF: connects to: Secular Western political thought drew on the Hebrew Bible — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 328