Publication Date

Spring 2016

Journal

Law & Literature

Abstract

The article responds to Hannah Johnson's analysis of the blood libel phenomenon by incorporating Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of *ressentiment* to explain the psychological and spiritual underpinnings of Christian anti-Semitism. It argues that the blood libel accusation reflects a deeper existential envy and resentment toward Jews, rooted in Christians' inability to reconcile their beliefs with Jewish rejection of Christianity. Nietzsche's framework highlights how this resentment leads to the inversion of values, where the envied minority is vilified as evil.

Volume

28

Issue

1

First Page

27

Last Page

32

Publisher

Routledge

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/1535685X.2015.1127682

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Law | Legal History | Torts

Comments

Special Issue: A Thousand Years of Infamy: The History of the Blood Libel

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