Origins of Totalitarianism: The Jews, the Nation-State, and the Birth of Antisemitism
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz
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The Equivocality of Emancipation and Privileges
This chapter discusses the complex relationship between equality and privileges in the emancipation of Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries. It explores the conflicting interests of the nation-state and the Jews themselves, as well as the role of privileged Jews in keeping non-privileged Jews in a lower class condition. The chapter also delves into the origins and different stages of political anti-Semitism as a rhetorical strategy for various classes in conflict with the state.
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