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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... Muslim writers to denote the humility that was felt to be appropriate for the non - Muslim and more especially the Jewish subjects of the state " ( Lewis 1984 , 32 ) . Jews were subjected to pogroms and riots , unpunished violence at ...
... Muslim attitude toward Jews as one of contempt , rather than hatred , fear , or envy , presumably because the Muslim anti - Jewish customs generally prevented Jews from attaining a position that would result in envy , fear , or hatred ...
... Muslim slaves , and especially female Muslim slaves , were also common in the Muslim world ( Patai & Patai 1989 , 126 ) , and there is some indication that a source of group hostility in the period of the Inquisition was gentile resent ...
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 |