Antisemitic parties organized supranationally while posing as reactionary nationalists
Evidence
The second highly significant characteristic of the new antisemitic parties was that they started at once a supranational organization of all antisemitic groups in Europe, in open contrast to, and in defiance of, current nationalistic slogans. By introducing this supranational element, they clearly indicated that they aimed not only at political rule over the nation but had already planned a step further for an inter-European government “above all nations.” This second revolutionary element meant the fundamental break with the status quo; it has been frequently overlooked because the anti-semites themselves, partly because of traditional habits and partly because they consciously Med, used the language of the reactionary parties in their propaganda. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 153
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- The first antisemitic parties organized internationally from the start. (similarity 0.83)
- German antisemitic parties preceded and outlived the imperialist pan-movements (similarity 0.79)
- Hitler’s party began as one of dozens of obscure völkisch groups (similarity 0.78)
- Socialist parties fit the nation-state better than antisemitic ones did (similarity 0.78)
- Antisemitic parties uniquely aimed at the state itself, not at any social class (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Philosemitism feeds the same fanaticism that organizes antisemitic mobs
#complicates(0.72) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 274 - Antisemitism persisted as ideology after losing its social grounding
#complicates(0.72) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 185 - Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief
#complicates(0.72) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122