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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... Russia . However , Alderman ( 1992 , 239 ) notes that by this time the Russian Revolution was in full swing , and many returned to Russia , either voluntarily or involuntarily , to fight against the remnants of the old regime . Jewish ...
... Russia in 1904-1905 ( Sachar 1992 , 226ff ; Sherman 1983 , 68 ) . The German- Jewish leaders of the AJCommittee , including Schiff , continued their financial boycott of Russia until the fall of the czar , and their concern about ...
... Russia , a decline in trade , anti - Semitic and anti- American reprisals in Russia . Foreign countries did not follow America's action but sought rather to reap the benefits of her rift with Russia . In the United States abrogation ...
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 |