Language:
French
Year of publication:
2016
Titel der Quelle:
Revue des Deux Mondes
Angaben zur Quelle:
Julliet-Août (2016) 46-62
Keywords:
Antisemitism History
;
Conspiracy theories
Abstract:
The myth of a Jewish conspiracy has appeared in four different forms historically. In antiquity and in the Middle Ages, it appeared as local rumors based on proto-typical accusations of internal Jewish solidarity and on misoxenia (hatred of foreigners). From the First Crusade on, the Jews were also accused of being sworn enemies of Christ and of killing Christian children for ritual purposes. During the 19th century they were viewed as a foreign body conspiring to take over their host nations, and from the late 19th century to the mid-20th, as conspiring to take over the world. From the early 20th century, this myth was transmitted mainly through "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the most common accusation is that of a "Zionist conspiracy". Highlights some significant developments in the history of the myth, including medieval accusations of a Jewish-leper conspiracy, 19th-century accusations of a Jewish-Masonic conspiracy, the persisting influence of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and popular views concerning a Jewish conspiracy in present-day France.
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