Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism
Particular attention is paid to three major manifestations of Western anti-Semitism: the development of institutionalized anti-Semitism in the Roman Empire, the Iberian Inquisitions, and the phenomenon of Nazism. All of these movements exhibited a powerful gentile group cohesion in opposition to Judaism as a group strategy, and MacDonald argues that each may be analyzed as a reaction to the presence of Judaism as a highly successful group evolutionary strategy. Because of the repeated occurrence of anti-Semitism, Jews have developed a highly flexible array of strategies to minimize its effects. These include: crypsis during periods of persecution, controls on Jewish behavior likely to lead to anti-Semitism, and the manipulation of gentile attitudes toward Jews. This controversial work challenges prevailing views. Students and scholars involved with evolutionary approaches to human behavior and Jewish Studies will be interested, as will social scientists and historians in general. |
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... Castro on the origins of the concern with purity of blood in Spain ( see Netanyahu 1979-1980 ) . As described in Chapter 4 , Castro ( 1954 , 1971 ) proposed that the Spanish concern with purity of blood was a reaction to previously ...
... Castro's assertion that Cardinal Siliceo " purged the Cathedral of Toledo of impure priests [ i.e. , New Christians ] on the model of Ezra and Nehemiah " ( Castro 1971 , 69 ) . Netanyahu replies that Castro was well aware of the fact ...
... Castro , the concern with genealogy is indeed quite natural , but only if one is concerned about racial purity ... Castro's argument , he refers in a footnote to a biblical commentary by the 15th - century Jewish scholar Rabbi Moses ...
Contents
THEMES OF ANTISEMITISM | 27 |
REACTIVE ANTISEMITISM IN | 89 |
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD | 115 |
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development Robert G. Burgess,Kevin MacDonald Limited preview - 2005 |