Scapegoat

Scapegoat is Andrea Dworkin’s late major work on Jewish identity, Israel, women, and historical violence.

Sophie Lewis highlights its argument that women might require a form of liberation modeled on the state of Israel.

She criticizes this analogy because it treats colonization and violence against Palestinians as a possible template for emancipation.

The discussion presents the book as a culmination of Dworkin’s shift from early utopian sexual radicalism toward a deeply pessimistic and authoritarian political vision.

Lewis interprets this trajectory as connected to femme phobia and the internalization of violence.