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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... elite . The report noted that elite cultural institutions " turned out to be filled by non- Russian people ( mainly by Jews ) " ( in Kostyrchenko 1995 , 15 ) . For example , of the ten top executives of the Bolshoi Theater - the most ...
... elite and both the traditional elites and the general public is clearest on what Powers et al . term " expressive individual- ism ” —a dimension tapping ideas of sexual liberation ( including approval of homosexuality ) , moral ...
... elite long before this period . Like the Old Left , the media elite was successfully restrained by the forces of cultural conservatism until the 1960s ( Powers et al . 1996 , 213 ) . Regarding specific Jewish interests , a major theme ...
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 |