Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Pleasures of Anti-Semitism

Eve Garrard


Anti-Semitism (often called "anti-Zionism" by its adepts) is a mystery to those who look for rational explanation.  But the British philosopher Eve Garrard has offered a brilliant analysis which I, for one, find altogether convincing:
Antisemitism is much more than a cognitive error. It attracts by providing the deep emotional satisfactions of hatred, tradition, and moral purity.
Click here to read her article.