Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Contemporary History
Angaben zur Quelle:
36,2 (2001) 271-292
Keywords:
Levy, Oscar,
;
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,
Abstract:
Discusses the views of Oscar Levy (1867-1946), a German-born Jew who became the leading Nietzschean in England. Levy followed his mentor in blaming the Jews for the degeneration of Western civilization. In addition to suffering from self-hatred, Levy was also partial to the conspiracy theory, blaming the Jews for the economic and political miseries of the world. Like Nietzsche, he believed in an aristocratic ideal. Initially, he sympathized with Italian fascism as a bulwark against Bolshevism, but he came to reject both fascism and Nazism. Although he thought that criticism of the Jews might save them, he considered the Jews responsible even for their own enemies, the Nazis. Finally, after attacking Jews, Christians, communists, fascists, and democrats, Levy remained a solitary Nietzschean, remote from all major contemporary political philosophies.
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