---
_id: '67216'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Anti-Muslim racism is pervasive in Germany, making it imperative to not only
    study the status quo but also explore effective countermeasures. This article
    focuses on discursive strategies, aiming to link the individual and structural
    level by investigating counter-narratives as a means to mitigate hostile behavioral
    intentions. Specifically, it examines the relationship between anti-Muslim hostility
    and two dimensions of counter-narratives: empathy and differentiation. The findings
    indicate that, in general, both empathy and differentiation are significantly
    associated with reduced anti-Muslim hostility. This association is particularly
    strong among those on the political left. Significant correlations pointing to
    the same direction are also observed in the political center. However, within
    the political right spectrum, only the affective component of counter-narratives,
    empathy, is linked to reduced hostility, while the cognitive dimension of counter-narratives,
    differentiation, does not show a significant relationship with anti-Muslim hostility.
    These findings suggest that greater emphasis should be placed and focused on counter-narratives
    and their potential to reduce hostility, both within the scientific community
    and in other knowledge production systems. Additionally, these findings have implications
    for effective prevention work, indicating that the affective component could be
    particularly effective in addressing the hostility of the highly relevant, most
    hostile target group of those who identify as politically right.'
author:
- first_name: Isabell
  full_name: Diekmann, Isabell
  id: '119325'
  last_name: Diekmann
citation:
  ama: 'Diekmann I. Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The Potential of
    Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different Political Spectra.
    In: Diekmann I, Demir Z, Spielhaus R, Zick A, eds. <i>Anti-Muslim Attitudes and
    Racism. Observations and Challenges</i>. Springer Nature Switzerland; 2026:189–214.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9">10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9</a>'
  apa: 'Diekmann, I. (2026). Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The Potential
    of Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different Political
    Spectra. In I. Diekmann, Z. Demir, R. Spielhaus, &#38; A. Zick (Eds.), <i>Anti-Muslim
    Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges</i> (pp. 189–214). Springer
    Nature Switzerland. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Diekmann_2026, title={Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production:
    The Potential of Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different
    Political Spectra}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9">10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9</a>},
    booktitle={Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges}, publisher={Springer
    Nature Switzerland}, author={Diekmann, Isabell}, editor={Diekmann, Isabell and
    Demir, Zeynep and Spielhaus, Riem and Zick, Andreas}, year={2026}, pages={189–214}
    }'
  chicago: 'Diekmann, Isabell. “Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The
    Potential of Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different
    Political Spectra.” In <i>Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges</i>,
    edited by Isabell Diekmann, Zeynep Demir, Riem Spielhaus, and Andreas Zick, 189–214.
    Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9</a>.'
  ieee: 'I. Diekmann, “Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The Potential
    of Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different Political
    Spectra,” in <i>Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges</i>,
    I. Diekmann, Z. Demir, R. Spielhaus, and A. Zick, Eds. Springer Nature Switzerland,
    2026, pp. 189–214.'
  mla: 'Diekmann, Isabell. “Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The Potential
    of Counter-Narratives for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different Political
    Spectra.” <i>Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges</i>,
    edited by Isabell Diekmann et al., Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp. 189–214,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9">10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9</a>.'
  short: 'I. Diekmann, in: I. Diekmann, Z. Demir, R. Spielhaus, A. Zick (Eds.), Anti-Muslim
    Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges, Springer Nature Switzerland,
    2026, pp. 189–214.'
date_created: 2026-09-22T09:57:00Z
date_updated: 2026-09-23T06:35:59Z
department:
- _id: '477'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-19053-6_9
editor:
- first_name: Isabell
  full_name: Diekmann, Isabell
  last_name: Diekmann
- first_name: Zeynep
  full_name: Demir, Zeynep
  last_name: Demir
- first_name: Riem
  full_name: Spielhaus, Riem
  last_name: Spielhaus
- first_name: Andreas
  full_name: Zick, Andreas
  last_name: Zick
language:
- iso: eng
page: 189–214
publication: Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism. Observations and Challenges
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-3-032-19052-9
  issn:
  - 2569-6211
publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
status: public
title: 'Changing Narratives and Knowledge Production: The Potential of Counter-Narratives
  for Reducing Anti-Muslim Hostility in Different Political Spectra'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '119325'
year: '2026'
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