Language:
Spanish
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Árabes y judíos en América Latina
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2006) 291-305
Keywords:
Martel, Julián,
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Antisemitism in literature
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Argentine literature History and criticism
Abstract:
In his book "La Bolsa" (1891), Julián Martel (pseudonym of José María Miró, 1867-96) complains about the many immigrants arriving in Argentina, especially Arabs from the Turkish Empire and Jews. He described the Arabs contemptuously, but when it came to the Jews he held them responsible for the terrible financial crisis of 1890 (resulting from years of speculation), which threw many banks, companies and the Argentinian state into bankruptcy as well as large segments of the population into poverty and desperation. Martel asserted that Argentina was the victim of a "secular Semitic conspiracy" carried out by the Jews, whose only interest was money, and who lacked values such as honor, love for truth, for the fatherland and for religion. Martel described them as physically and morally repugnant. His attacks and views disregarded the fact that, at that time, the Jewish population in Argentina was very small, almost nonexistent, having no political or economic influence at all. Martel's antisemitic views were based mainly on the works of Édouard Drumont, especially his book "La France juive" (1886), which had already arrived in Argentina as part of the predominant influence of French culture on Argentinian intellectuals and elite.
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