Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Conceptual Prelude On Paranoid Politics and Apocalyptic Violence
5. 2. The Melian Dialogue, the Protocols, and the Paranoid Imperative 23
6. 3. The Apocalyptic Other 34
7. Part II. Medieval Prologue
8. 4. The Devil’s Hoofs 49
9. 5. Thomas of Monmouth and the Protocols of the Sages of Narbonne 56
10. Part III. The Early Years
11. 6. “The Antichrist as an Imminent Political Possibility” 79
12. 7. Protocols of the Elders of Zion 92
13. 8. “Jewish World Conspiracy” and the Question of Secular Religions 100
14. 9. The Turning Point 112
15. Part IV. Post-Holocaust Protocols
16. 10. The Protocols in Japan 135
17. 11. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 152
18. Part V. Protocols at the Turn of the Millennium
19. 12. Anti-Semitism from Outer Space 163
20. 13. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion on the Contemporary American Scene 172
21. 14. Protocols to the Left, Protocols to the Right 186
22. Part VI. Quo Vadis?
23. 15. Conspiracy Then and Now 219
24. 16. Jewish Self-Criticism, Progressive Moral Schadenfreude, and the Suicide of Reason 229
25. About the Contributors 251
26. Index 254