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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... Jewish religious law at least partly for ritual reasons ( circumcision enabled slaves to perform their duties , such as handling food , in a manner consistent with Jewish religious law ) but undergoing this procedure did not mean that ...
... religious belief in order to escape the charges of Jewish nationalism - another example of the role of religion as a " protective coloring " for Jewish ethnic / national interests . In Jewish Strategies for Combating Anti - Semitism 187.
... Jews ; another was to assert that Greek philosophy and literature depended on Jewish religious writings . The most flagrant example of this type of ethno- centric history was Aristobulus ( 2nd century B.C. ) , " the father of custom ...
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 |