Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist EraAntisemitism has had a long and complex history in Russian intellectual life and has revived in the post Communist era. In their concept of the identity of the Jewish people, many academics and other thinkers in Russia continue to cast Jews in a negative or ambivalent role. An inherent rivalry exists between "Russia" and "the Jews" because Russians have often viewed themselves whether through the lens of atheistic communism or that of the most