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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... Inquisition regarding the group membership and genetic ancestry of individuals within its purview . I suggest that the concern with genealogy exhibited by the Inquisition was motivated by two reasons . First , there is excellent ...
... Inquisition at least into the early 17th century . Andrés Bernáldez , a defender of the Inquisition and self - conscious spokesman for the viewpoint of the masses , noted that the Conversos " had one aim : to increase and multiply ...
... Inquisition and even used some of the confiscations to provide dowries for the children whose parents had been victims of the Inquisition . This suggests less concern with biological relatedness as a criterion of persecution early in ...
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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 |