SEMITISM vs. ANTISEMITISM (Part 1). The Structure of our History
E. Rowell: In these days of surging antisemitism online and in the streets, this article describes the essence of both semitism and antisemitism. Gil-White delineates the fabric of meaning throughout the long history of the semites and those who want the semites dead.
By Fransisco Gil-White, MANAGEMENT OF REALITY 16 February 2024
Once thought to be the mask of Sargon of Akkad, this is now believed to be, on stylistic grounds, the mask of Naram-Sin, his grandson. Credit: Wikimedia.
Imagine that history class were like plunging into the millennia-spanning, action-packed, multi-novel adventure worlds of Frank Herbert (Dune), Isaac Asimov (Foundation), or J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings). No child would ever get bored!
So why are teachers boring them?
I ask because the political history of Western Asia—which includes Europe—does have that fantasy/science-fiction structure: it’s been a 4,300-year clash between two great ideological forces.
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