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By Steven K. Baum,Shimon Samuels
"Beneath the skin [of our society]," writes historian Robert Wistrich, are "ancient myths, darkish hatreds, and irrational fantasies [that] proceed to nourish antisemitism." however the better query has to do with why we're so vulnerable to think them. hence, Steven okay. Baum has a solution. during this e-book, Baum rigorously publications the reader during the social brain and explains how the formation of social ideals can be utilized as a story to figure out fact. He deals a brand new point of view concerning how antisemitic legends and people ideals shape the root of our ongoing social narrative. Baum asks the reader to contemplate a social unconscious-the cauldron of cultural fantasies that includes superstitions, magical considering, and racial stories. This witches' brew concocts a Social Voice that may be loud or quiet, benign or opposed, fleeting or everlasting. most significantly, this voice is undeniably antisemitic and racist. As is frequently the case within the courtroom of public opinion, those that personal the narrative, win. In Antisemitism Explained, Baum reminds us to imagine severely approximately our personal social narrative and to be cautious approximately what we decide to believe.
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