The term Judeophobia (also, Judaphobia) stands for fear or irrationalhatred of Jews. It was invented by Leon Pinsker and appeared first in his pamphlet Autoemancipation (text), published anonymously in German language in September 1882. In philosophy: Irrationality In music: Irrational rhythm In economics: Irrational exuberance In mathematics: Irrational number Proof that e is irrational Quadratic irrational List of integrals of irrational functions See also: rational This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the emotion Hatred please see Hate Hatred (Nenavist) is a Soviet film of 1975 directed by Samvel Gasparov. ... Leon Pinsker (1821-1891) was a physician, a Zionist pioneer and activist, and the founder and leader of the Hovevei Zion movement. ... ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
As a professional physician, Pinsker preferred medical term Judeophobia to a misnomeranti-Semitism introduced three years earlier (1879) by Wilhelm Marr. Pinsker was convinced that pathological, irrational phobia may explain this millennia-old hatred: A misnomer is an incorrect or misleading name for a thing. ... Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wilhelm Marr (1819-1904) was a German agitator and theorist, who coined the term anti-Semitism as a euphemism for the German Judenhass, or Jew-hate. Marr was an unemployed journalist, who claimed that he had lost his job due to Jewish interference. ... The term phobia, which comes from the Greek word for fear (φόβος, fobos), denotes a number of psychological and physiological conditions that can range from serious disabilities to common fears to minor quirks. ...
"Judeophobia is a variety of demonopathy... this ghost is not disembodied like other ghosts but partakes of flesh and blood, must endure pain inflicted by the fearful mob who imagines itself endangered... To sum up then, to the living the Jew is a corpse, to the native a foreigner, to the homesteader a vagrant, to the proprietary a beggar, to the poor an exploiter and a millionaire, to the patriot a man without a country, for all a hated rival."
Once Judeophobia became deeply ingrained within European culture, it assumed a life of its own, and was passed on from parents to children generation after generation.
Judeophobia is an intrinsically anti-rational attitude of a generally rational society.
And in the case of Germany as a whole, Judeophobia flourished and reached its climax precisely in the land of philosophy, with the active support of leading thinkers, from Fichte and Wagner to Heidegger.
Several unique characteristics of Spanish Judeophobia have been mentioned, but the most remarkable trait should be considered further: most Spaniards remain completely unaware of the Judeophobic nature of their country and are shocked at the suggestion that Spain is particularly hateful towards the Jews.
Another aspect that is singular to Spanish Judeophobia is the acceptance of the usage of the expression "the Jewish lobby" as legitimate and truthful.
On the conservative side of the political spectrum, Camilo Jose Cela, who was often critical of Spanish Judeophobia, was one of the promoters of the establishment of relations between Spain and Israel, and presided for years over the institute for friendship between the two countries.
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