Jewish cultural productivity derived from their inter-European non-national role.

Evidence

The intimate relationship between the peculiar conditions of Jewish existence and the ideology of such groups is even more evident in the organization of a group beyond nations than in the creation of a party beyond parties. The Jews very clearly were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe. It seemed only logical that their enemies had to organize on the same principle, if they were to fight those who were supposed to be the secret manipulators of the political destiny of all nations. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 154 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Jews served Europe as a non-national international element valued precisely for their unboundness.; Eastern European Jews formed a middle class without productive functions; Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system (+2 more)

Related

• Jews served Europe as a non-national international element valued precisely for their unboundness. (similarity 0.93)
• Jews were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe (similarity 0.90)
• The Jews’ stateless international status made them permanently useful to the nation-state. (similarity 0.87)
• Jews entered European history as a non-national inter-European element (similarity 0.87)
• Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system (similarity 0.82)
• Jews’ value lay in being bound to no national cause (similarity 0.79)
• Jews uniquely contrasted civilization both downward to nature and upward to spirit. (similarity 0.79)
• Jewish social position derived from state relationship rather than class, leaving them socially void. (similarity 0.79)
• Eastern European Jews formed a middle class without productive functions (similarity 0.78)
• Jews could merge with neither a class nor a nationality in the nation-state (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Jews were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe #corroborates (0.95) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 154
• Jews existed between social classes rather than within any one of them. #corroborates (0.75)
• Eastern European Jews formed a middle class without productive functions #qualifies (0.70)
• Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system #qualifies (0.70)