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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 22
... ( Netanyahu 1995 , 71–72 ) Since the role of Jews as tax farmers ( as well as all of their other roles in traditional societies ) was dependent on the gentile elite , anti - Jewish writers have often condemned the gentile aristocracy for ...
... ( Netanyahu 1995 , 962 ) . The question of the exact group status of these New Christians continues to be controversial , but my view is that they must be considered a historical Jewish group ( see Chapters 6 and 7 ) . During the 15th ...
... Netanyahu ( 1995 ) is that he does not attach any moral importance to the central fact of the situa- tion that the New Christians constituted an endogamous , highly successful , and even dominating group within Spanish society , with ...
Contents
THEMES OF ANTISEMITISM | 27 |
REACTIVE ANTISEMITISM IN | 89 |
THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD | 115 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism Kevin MacDonald No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
References to this book
Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development Robert G. Burgess,Kevin MacDonald Limited preview - 2005 |