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''The Traitor and the Jew'' (Full title: ''The Traitor and the Jew: Anti-Semitism and the Delirium of Extremist Right-Wing Nationalism in French Canada from 1929–1939''), a history by Esther Delisle, was published in French in 1992. She documented the history of antisemitism and support of fascism among Quebec nationalists and intellectuals during the 1930s and '40s. The book was first published in the French language by L'Étincelle as ''Le traître et le Juif: Lionel Groulx, le Devoir et le délire du nationalisme d'extrême droite dans la province de Québec, 1929–1939''. In 1993 it was published in English by Robert Davies Publishing of Montreal. Delisle is a political scientist based in Quebec. Because of her criticism of Lionel Groulx, a leading figure of Canadian intellectuals and a father of Quebec nationalism, whom she alleged had published anti-semitic articles under his pseudonyms, her book generated considerable debate. In addition to arguing with Delisle's conclusions about Groulx, some critics said that her methodology was inaccurate and her conclusions could not be supported. Other historians supported her work as part of a revision of thought on Quebec nationalism as well as Canadian thought before World War II. She was quoted favorably by the author Mordecai Richler in his collection of essays, ''Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!'' (1992), which generated its own controversy. ''Je me souviens'' is a documentary based on her book made by Eric R. Scott. It was shown on Canal D in 2002 and premiered in the United States in 2003 at the New York Jewish Film Festival. ==Conclusions of book== Delisle assessed the content of articles published in the nationalist review ''L'Action nationale'' and the Montreal newspaper ''Le Devoir'' during this period, to evaluate the attitudes among French Canadians and show the connection between nationalistic and fascist thought. She also linked Canadian attitudes to those of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, as well as Catholics in Europe and the United States during the period. Specifically, she said that Lionel Groulx (1878–1967), a Roman Catholic priest and leading Canadian intellectual, was anti-semitic, noting hundreds of antisemitic quotations by or attributed to him. She alleged that Groulx had published antisemitic articles under pseudonyms and was an active Fascist sympathizer. This assertion generated great controversy, as did her reporting of numerous antisemitic opinion pieces and articles that had been published in the respected intellectual Quebec newspaper ''Le Devoir'' during the 1930s. Delisle did not believe that residents of Quebec were uniformly antisemitic. She felt that it was more characteristic of Quebec intellectuals of the time rather than of the common people, and was part of their condemnation of liberalism, modernity, and urbanism, not to mention movies, jazz music and other aspects of American culture, all of which they saw as dangers to their conception of the ideal Quebec society. She notes that the mass circulation newspaper ''La Presse,'' as one example, did not publish as much antisemitic content as the intellectually influential but less popular ''Le Devoir.'' She argued against what she calls the myth, as recounted by historians such as Groulx, that the Québécois are a racially and ethnically homogeneous group of pure descent (''pure laine'' in French, meaning "pure wool") from French-speaking Catholic immigrants to New France. She said that the Quebec intellectuals of the 1930s and 1940s were less isolated from and more deeply influenced by the intellectual currents in Europe, particularly the nationalism of the extreme right, than is described in most Quebec histories of the period. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Traitor and the Jew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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