The taboo against anti-Semitism itself blocks its scientific study.

Evidence

This feeling that anti-Semitism is something sinful and disgraceful, something that a civilized person does not suffer from, is unfavorable to a scientific approach, and indeed many people will admit that they are frightened of probing too deeply into the subject. They are frightened, that is to say, of discovering not only that anti-Semitism is spreading, but that they themselves are infected by it. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1483

Categorization

• DEFINE: Identifies the reflexive self-protection that makes concealed attitude assessment necessary — the methodological rationale behind the l-studies’ indirect techniques.
• XREF: connects to: Islam’s entanglement with Christianity’s history has blocked objective Western study of it. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 124; Researchers avoid studying religious and interfaith prejudice because it is too close to home — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2566; Anti-Semitism resists rational explanation because it is a ritual of civilization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1418

Broader Connections

• Anti-Semitism resists rational explanation because it is a ritual of civilization #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1418
• Islam’s entanglement with Christianity’s history has blocked objective Western study of it. #corroborates (0.80) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 124
• Researchers avoid studying religious and interfaith prejudice because it is too close to home #exemplifies (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2566