ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. For many of the individuals whose cases the authors have considered, antisemitism was a phasic phenomenon, alternating at various intervals with philosemitism. In a philosemitic mood, the individual entered into a family romance fantasy with the Jew as the new family, and then withdrew from that relation into an antisemitic rejection of the Jews. Historically, the authors have found that there are no specific social or political conditions that favor antisemitism, though unrest or distress of any kind and arising from whatever source, does favor it. No specific accusations characterize antisemitism, even though certain types of myths have tended to recur, for example, those relating Jews to blood and to money. The influence of the early Christian Church and Church fathers certainly created the religious basis of antisemitic myths.
