Jews in the Japanese Mind: The History and Uses of a Cultural Stereotype

by David G. Goodman and Masanori Miyazawa

Book Overview

Shortly before releasing deadly sarin gas on the Tokyo subway in March 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult published a vicious 95-page antisemitic tract that declared war on its Jewish archenemy.

The gassing of the Tokyo subway was the culmination of a century of Japanese theorizing about Jews, an important part of which has been antisemitic. In recent years, books blaming Jews for everything from the designs on Japanese currency to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739101676
• ISBN13: 9780739101674
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"