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Toward an Understanding of Totalitarianism and Antisemitism

  • 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.

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Author:Ronald Larson
Parent Title (English):The Midwest Quarterly, Vol. 28 (No. 2, winter 1987), pp. 161-175.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1987
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:PDF-scan to download
IdNo:Larson_R_1987
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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