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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... percent of Jewish men and 7.6 percent of Jewish women intermarried . These percentages increased in the following years so that by 1926-1930 , 25.6 percent of Jewish men and 16.6 percent of Jewish women had intermarried . These figures ...
... percent of individuals who were born Jews married a gentile who remained unconverted , and an additional nearly 5 percent married a gentile who converted ( viz . Jews by Choice ) . Two - thirds of Jews by Choice were women , and 70 percent ...
... percent agree or strongly agree ) ; " Assimilation is the greatest threat to Jewish survival today " ( 85 percent agree or strongly agree ) ; " I feel more emotional when I hear " Hatikvah " [ the Israeli national anthem ] than when I ...
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 |