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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... idea that Jews possess negative personality traits making them willing to engage in unscrupulous economic ... ideas about the one - ness of humanity spread , the Jewish tendency to treat non- Jews as ritually unclean , and to forbid ...
... idea that the Jews own all business and that at least most Jews are in business . All this is so because the Jews are money - crazy , selfish , grabby , take advantage of others , cheat , chisel , lie , are ruthless , unscrupulous , and ...
... idea of a Jewish vote , has been off limits in official Jewish circles in England ( Alderman 1983 , vii ) . At times the very same people who make highly salient denials of a Jewish vote do their best to influence Jewish voting behavior ...
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 |