The History of a Myth

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In the early XX century a fake document titled The Protocols of the Elders of Zion rose from the depths of the Russian secret police. This falsification was spread by the White emigres and greatly affected Hitler’s ideas and the Nazi practices. In this book an Israeli historian and culturologist Savely Dudakov (1939–2017) conducts a detailed research of this issue. He was the first to dig out the branches of Russian religious, anti-­Judaic, and anti-­Masonic literature and a wide range of pulp fiction of the mid- and late-­XIX century from under the boulders of time. The propaganda of The Protocols ideas lives on as anti-­Semitism, “fight against Zionism,” and Islamic fundamentalism — this makes The History of a Myth a work of current interest.

ISBN: 978-1950319435
Format: Softcover
Pages: 356 pages
Size: 6″ x 9″
Published: April, 2021

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Description

Anti-Semitism is an international phenomenon, which is proven by the history of creation and spread of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The virus of hatred for the “minor people” crosses seas and oceans, deserts and mountains, as well as national, ethnic, and language borders. This is one side of the coin. The flip side is that to cultivate and multiply the “protocol” virus a well-prepared nutrient medium is necessary. In the absence of a nutrient medium the virus cannot multiply enough to cause an epidemic.

Savely Dudakov’s primary attention is focused on hundreds of years of preparing this medium in Russia and it becoming more and more concentrated and sharp smelling. Although the subtitle sets the boundaries at the XIX–XX centuries, the book encompasses almost a thousand years, from the Baptism of Rus’ to the later Soviet era. The main method of Savely Dudakov is uncovering the secondary layer of the great Russian literature.

This book shows how, under the brisk quills of these literature, the ancient religious intolerance of Hebrews gradually, consistently, and, I would say, relentlessly turned “enemies of Christ” into enemies of Russia and of the entire human race; how your garden variety disdain towards clever, semi-destitute ragpickers mixed with fierce envy of successful “Rothschilds” turned into the schizophrenic idea of a Yiddo-Masonic conspiracy against thrones and altars; and how it culminated in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The religious component of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is particularly deeply studied in Savely Dudakov’s book.

If asked what the most specific feature of this book is, we would say it is overflowing with knowledge. It contains and conceptualizes vast literary and historic material that has been thoroughly studied and digested by the author.

This book is a powerful remedy for illusions. It is greatly necessary for the Jews who strive to understand the fate of their people in Russia. But it is no less necessary for Russia. For Jews, this narration is a terrible, cruel, bloody past that cannot be fixed, but must and can be understood and overcome. It is even more important for Russia itself to understand and overcome this past, for this is tightly connected with its future. Russia will not become a truly free and prosperous country, until it sorts out, soberly and objectively, the dark side of its “spirituality.” Judeophobia that culminated in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has for centuries intoxicated and continues to intoxicate the social consciousness of a great country. Only by getting rid of this intoxication and by cutting these bonds, Russia will be able to truly liberate itself and “join humanity.”

About the author

Savely Dudakov (1939–2017), a historian and philosopher, was born in Leningrad, and as a child, survived the Siege of the city during the WWII. He graduated from the Philological Department of the Herzen State Pedagogical Institute in Leningrad. In 1971, he repatriated to Israel where, since 1976 he worked at the Institute of Eastern European Jewry at the University of Jerusalem. In 1991, he earned his Grand PhD from the University of Jerusalem for his thesis “Anti-Semitic Literature of the XIX–XX centuries in Russia and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

Dudakov is the author of several books and multiple essays and articles as well as being one of the founders, author and editor of the series of publications under the title Jews in World Culture. He was a recipient of the Leah Goldberg Literary Award and the Joseph Klausner Award in History. Dudakov’s main area of his professional interest is the history and fates of Russian Jewry and genealogical research. His works stand out in their distinctiveness, originality, attention to detail, and independence of study.

 

1 review for The History of a Myth

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    The History of a Myth by Savely Dudakov examines in detail things that made possible the appearance of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. …Before Dudakov, nobody painted the full picture of growth and development of anti-Semitic thought in Russia, and giving us that is an enormous achievement of the author.

    —Efim G. Etkind, philologue, historian of European literature, honorary professor of the University of Paris

    The History of a Myth by Savely Dudakov has been not only extremely interesting reading but turned out to be really useful for me as a scholar. Incredible treasure of material gathered goes without saying. Some of the author’s conclusions might be debatable, but a book that provokes debate is particularly needed…

    —S. S. Averintsev, distinguished historian of culture, Bible scholar, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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