Anti-Semitism: a Disease of the Mind

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A groundbreaking work on the psychodynamics of bigotry and anti-Semitism. As a child, Ted Rubin could not understand why some people hated him and his family only because they were Jews. He soon discovered that other groups were hated and that bigotry was a dangerous disease that destroys its hosts as well as its victims. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Rubin learned that anti-Semitism and other deep-seated prejudices are non-organic diseases of the mind: malignant emotional illnesses that can be treated only by first understanding the unique psychodynamics involved. Little has been written about this.;Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Preface; Goals; Part I; 1 The Germinating Ground; 2 Symbol Sickness; 3 Rage and Intensity; Part II; 4 Cultural Influences; 5 Jesus Was a Jew and the Split Device; 6 What Is Hated and Displaced?; 7 Right and Wrong and the Embarrassment of Conscience; 8 Sign of the Cross; 9 A Unique Source of Envy and its Complications; 10 The Chosen People and the "Lesser Gods"; 11 Fear of the "True" Messiah; 12 Embarrassment and Envy; 13 Jew Talk; 14 The Existential Force; 15 The Desire to Be a Jew; 16 Survival as a People