Judeofobia y mito conspirativo en la obra de Miguel Serrano

The judeophobia –usually known as anti-Semitism– is one of the oldest forms of social exclusion. Although it has some features in common with other similar phenomenons, like xenophobia and racism, it has a specific characteristic that makes it unique: its –in Gustavo Perednik’s words– “chimerical” character. That means a strong tendency to become emancipated of reality, opting for complex stories where Jews are ridiculously powerful and evil. These superstitious stories constitute the myth of the Jewish worldwide conspiracy, whose best example is

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In Chile, the main anti-Jewish discourse of this type is the work of the writer Miguel Serrano, who pretends “to explain” the recent History of Chile and South America from his anti-Jewish representations. In this paper we will see two brief examples. Through them we will outline a scheme of how the Miguel Serrano’s judeophobic discourse operate, discourse that works as ideological support for many radical groups in the contemporary “virtual” Neonazism context.