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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... notes regarding themes of anti - Semitic literature in Germany between 1870 and 1933 , " Exaggeration of Germanic virtues and Jewish vices created a dis- torted picture of the two races [ sic ] as representing irreconcilable and ...
... notes that one common accusation of Jewish actors in post- emancipation Germany that may well be valid was that they always undercut scenes depicting " tender and sensitive emotions " with irony . He also notes that this has been ...
... notes that propagandists like Stoecker " made the anti - Semitism of the common man intelligible to the educated , not vice versa . Their anti - Semitic activities show the gradual acceptance of anti - Semitism by polite society rather ...
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 |