TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Larson, Ronald
T1  - Toward an Understanding of Totalitarianism and Antisemitism
JF  - The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 28 (No. 2, winter 1987), pp. 161-175.
N2  - Using a historical context, an attempt is made to demonstrate that totalitarianism and virulent anti-Semitism are natural consequences of equalitarianism. This is so because democratic societies, characterized by social equality, foster malignant individualism, which ultimately impoverishes collective life (both spiritually and materially); the unhappy final consequence of this process is that the human animal, in the context of a global economic crisis, will suffer from existential anxiety to such a degree that >Big Brother< will be called on to assuage it. Democratic politicians and intellectuals-guided by the philosophy of utilitarianism-will unwittingly precipitate the crisis by blindly pursuing public policies that lead to massive indebtedness, the collapse of international banking, and, ultimately, worldwide misery. Once again the Jew-the banker, the intellectual, and the Zionist-will be blamed for it all. In support of his argument, ideas are drawn on from the following artists and scientists: Ernest Becker, Herman Melville, Erich FROMM, Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, Alexis de Tocqueville, and George Orwell.
AB  - Using a historical context, an attempt is made to demonstrate that totalitarianism and virulent anti-Semitism are natural consequences of equalitarianism. This is so because democratic societies, characterized by social equality, foster malignant individualism, which ultimately impoverishes collective life (both spiritually and materially); the unhappy final consequence of this process is that the human animal, in the context of a global economic crisis, will suffer from existential anxiety to such a degree that >Big Brother< will be called on to assuage it. Democratic politicians and intellectuals-guided by the philosophy of utilitarianism-will unwittingly precipitate the crisis by blindly pursuing public policies that lead to massive indebtedness, the collapse of international banking, and, ultimately, worldwide misery. Once again the Jew-the banker, the intellectual, and the Zionist-will be blamed for it all. In support of his argument, ideas are drawn on from the following artists and scientists: Ernest Becker, Herman Melville, Erich FROMM, Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, Alexis de Tocqueville, and George Orwell.
Y1  - 1987
ER  -