Understanding Intellectual Anti-Semitism
Conversations That Matter
Jon Harris
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Jon Harris and Hussein Abubakar Mansour discuss the historical and intellectual origins of anti-Semitism, focusing on its emergence as a modern ideology in 19th-century Europe. They explore how Enlightenment thinkers like Kant and Hegel framed Judaism as a barrier to universalist ideals, with Kant viewing it as heteronomous and Hegel associating it with societal division. This perspective culminated in Marx’s On the Jewish Question, where he equates Judaism with capitalism, advocating for humanity’s liberation from both.
They analyze how these ideas shaped intellectual anti-Semitism, influencing Marxist critical theory and nationalist movements. Hussein shares his journey from growing up in 1990s Egypt amid rising Islamism, his involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, and his eventual conversion to Orthodox Coptic Christianity, which led him to study anti-Semitism’s roots.
They connect these historical insights to contemporary issues, noting parallels between 19th-century ideologies and modern left-wing anti-Zionism and right-wing conspiracies. They discuss the oversimplification of blaming Jewish influence for societal issues, emphasizing the need for nuanced analysis and the role of diverse radical groups. Solutions include combating misinformation, building alternative institutions, and returning to transcendent values to counter ideological extremism.
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| 1:00.0 | It's actually one of the earliest writings of Marx and in which he articulates his theory, but basically Judaism as the worship of money, the love of business, hockstering, so on and so forth. |
| 1:12.0 | And then he says this great line saying, what we need to do is we need to liberate |
| 1:16.4 | humanity basically from Judaism. |
| 1:19.2 | And by this he meant liberating humanity from capitalism, liberating humanity from commerce, |
| 1:24.5 | from trade, from so on and so forth. |
| 1:26.5 | Now, this way of thinking itself is central |
| 1:29.3 | to the development of intellectual anti-Semitism welcome to the conversation welcome to the |
| 1:43.8 | podcast i'm your host john harris we have a special guest Welcome to the Conversations That Matter podcast. |
| 1:45.9 | I'm your host, John Harris. |
| 1:47.3 | We have a special guest today that I'm really pleased to have on the podcast, |
| 1:51.2 | Hussein Abu Bakar Mansour, who has written some excellent pieces. |
| 1:56.8 | I've actually was introduced to him probably about a month and a half, two months ago. |
| 2:03.1 | And I read his piece, which is called anti-Semitism is humanism. |
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