“Anti-semitism is not just one among many ideologies; it is ideology as such. It embodies the. . . pure form of ideology, establishing its elementary coordinates: the social antagonism is mystified or displaced so that its cause can be projected onto the external intruder.”
And now just consider how often we see this little game played out in all collectives where conflict brews. How often does a symbolic “Jew” appear to hide the true causes of the trouble from its participants? You understand, of course, that the symbolic Jew can easily be a symbolic Muslim, immigrant, or even a lover, if we are talking about the tiny collective of a couple.
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