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