Social:Antisemitism is the socialism of fools
"Antisemitism is the socialism of fools" (German: "Der Antisemitismus ist der Sozialismus der dummen Kerle") is a statement regarding the idea that Jewish "wealth" and "power" is the source of social injustice.[1] According to British historian Richard Evans, it was probably coined by Austrian left-liberal politician Ferdinand Kronawetter, but is commonly attributed to the German social democrat August Bebel and sometimes to Karl Marx.[2] The phrase was in wide circulation among German social democrats by the 1890s.[3]
In the view of neoconservative philosopher Leo Strauss, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had considered that, because fools were common, a "socialism of fools" would be a good thing; hence, Strauss argued, Stalin had deliberately cultivated antisemitism.[4]
References
- ↑ Wuliger, Michael (1 July 2013). "SPD der dummen Kerls" (in de). Jüdische Allgemeine. https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/spd-der-dummen-kerls/. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ Friedman, Max Paul (2012) (in en). Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations. Cambridge University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780521683425. https://books.google.com/books?id=W6SlfhN4iqsC&dq=Sozialismus+der+dummen+Kerle&pg=PA264.
- ↑ Evans, Richard J. (2005) (in en). The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin. p. 496. ISBN 9781101042670. https://books.google.com/books?id=CmjBW3lsA84C&dq=%22socialism+of+fools%22&pg=PT592.
- ↑ Smith, Steven B. (2007) (in en). Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism. University of Chicago Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780226763897. https://books.google.com/books?id=ISeea7MiCz8C&dq=%22socialism+of+fools%22&pg=PA148.
Further reading
- Battini, Michele; Mazhar, Noor; Vergnano, Isabella (2016). Socialism of Fools: Capitalism and Modern Anti-Semitism. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/batt17038. ISBN 9780231541329.
- Lipset, Seymour Martin (1969) (in en). "The Socialism of Fools": The Left, the Jews & Israel. Anti-Defamation League.
- Lerner, Michael (1992) (in en). The Socialism of Fools: Anti-Semitism on the Left. Tikkun Books. ISBN 9780935933055. https://archive.org/details/socialismoffools00mich.
- Brustein, William I.; Roberts, Louisa (2015) (in en). The Socialism of Fools?: Leftist Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316368176.
- Jürgens, Peer (2013) (in de). Antisemitismus: Sozialismus des dummen Kerls? Sozialdemokratie und Antisemitismus im Deutschen Kaiserreich. Diplomica Verlag. ISBN 9783842868953.
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