The concept gained widespread currency after Theodor Lessing's 1930 book "Der Jüdische Selbsthass" ("Jewish Self-hatred "); the term became"something of a key term of opprobrium in and beyond Cold War-era debates about Zionism".
The concept gained widespread currency after Theodor Lessing's 1930 book "Der Jüdische Selbsthass" ("Jewish Self-hatred "), which tries to explain the prevalence of Jewish intellectuals inciting anti-Semitism with their virulently hateful view toward Judaism. The term became"something of a key term of opprobrium in and beyond Cold War-era debates about Zionism".