Language:
English
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Psychohistory
Angaben zur Quelle:
25,1 (1997) 2-32
Keywords:
Antisemitism
Abstract:
In the prosperous 1980s, a widespread dread and hatred of Jews swept Japan. Its themes were patterned on the myths propagated in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." This antisemitic hysteria was whipped up by the publishing industry, which issued numerous books on the "Jewish menace." Explains antisemitism in Japan, a country with virtually no Jews, as a product of the Japanese social system and psychological makeup. Relates Japanese antisemitism to Japanese culture, which gives a high degree of authority to the group and leaves little psychic autonomy for the individual. Because the Japanese all want to be like everyone else, fads, including antisemitic hysteria, easily sweep the country. Explains psychological factors in the Japanese character which make them prone to antisemitism due to compulsive child-rearing practices. Notes that the Asahara-led Ohm terrorist group, prior to launching its poison gas attack in the Tokyo subway in the mid-1990s, had published a "Manual of Fear" which quoted the "Protocols" and declared war on the Jewish enemy, and that after the attack the Ohm terrorists claimed they intended to kill Japanese Jews.
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