Jewish identity and schizophrenia

Lesly 2022-11-23 21:22:42

Looking at the "Biography of the West" and thinking of the Jew I met a long time ago, this person will always feel that he is not a Jew, but he always feels that he is a Chinese. But when you say that he is an Asian, he will suddenly subconsciously develop a mentality of resistance, change his words to say that he is an Israeli, and think that Israel is regarded as a European country. The communication with him was very confusing; he also had to undergo long-term psychotherapy.

The writer Zweig said that when anti-Semitism prevailed in Europe before World War II, Jews always pretended to be other races. The Jewish personality presents bipolar characteristics: strong self-loathing, or strong self-identification. Jewish fundamentalists are as scary or even more conservative as ultra-Muslims; this makes it more difficult for the enlightened to recognize that they are Jews in order to draw a clear line, a vicious circle.

Xili showed this common Jewish characteristic, did not know what group he belonged to, and tried his best to please everyone around him. And the real problem is definitely not him or a group like him, but the reaction of the whole society. Capitalism consumes morbid personality impetuously but lacks real human care. The surveillance of public figures makes the protagonist relapse.

The Chinese are often the opposite of West Force. Their overly strong self-identity makes preachers of conservative values ​​prevail, and nine out of ten Chinese are good teachers. If the Chinese want to make a movie similar to "The Legend of the West," I think they must start from the opposite side.

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  • Leonard Zelig: [in a hypnotic trance] My brother beat me. My sister beat my brother. My father beat my sister and my brother and me. My mother beat my father and my sister and me and my brother. The neighbors beat our family. The people down the block beat the neighbors and our family.

  • Leonard Zelig: I'm 12 years old. I run into a Synagogue. I ask the Rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning of life... But, he tells it to me in Hebrew. I don't understand Hebrew. Then he wants to charge me six hundred dollars for Hebrew lessons.