Hardy...
None of the above (or below).
I find it disturbing that the author touched on this issue in the
'manner that he did' -- that is: setting us up to draw our own
conclusions, but leading us with the same tired parenthetical info that
'mostly Jews' were the usurers, the repo guys (again the Jews); the bad
debt colletors (who? the Jews again) and so on. He concludes that
anti-Semitism was the result. But, most problematical for me -- the
next step, a question which the author begs to ask, but appears sensible
enough not to: Could these usurers, these Jews, be responsible for
their own sad fate? An old, recurrent theme, as Shelly points out.
A Ph.D. thesis is by definition part of a right of passage -- the
candidate engages in research which produces 'significant new knowledge'
in his/her field of study. It is done under the guidance of several
advisors. He/she must defend this thesis in front of a select
committee. At various stages in the thesis generation process, reviews
take place. I am amazed and saddened that this 'old saw' was able to
pass muster.
jerome
On 2015-01-03 9:02 AM, Hardy Breier wrote:
> Usury.
> Jerome.
> You find it disturbing that the Jews were unjustly called usurers ?
> Or
> You find it disturbing that the Jews were justly called usurers ?
> Or
> You find it disturbing that the author touches this issue ?
> Hardy
>
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