 The original trilogy, released between 1994–1998. | |
A People That Shall Dwell Alone Separation and Its Discontents The Culture of Critique | |
| Author | Kevin B. MacDonald |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Psychology |
| Publisher | Praeger Publishing Washington Summit Publishers AuthorHouse |
| Published | 1994–2004 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
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| Antisemitism |
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The Culture of Critique series is a trilogy of books by Kevin B. MacDonald that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories.[1] MacDonald, a white supremacist and retired professor of evolutionary psychology, claims that evolutionary psychology provides the motivations behind Jewish group behavior and culture. Through the series, MacDonald asserts that Jews as a group have biologically evolved to be highly ethnocentric and hostile to the interests of white people. He asserts Jewish behavior and culture are central causes of antisemitism, and promotes conspiracy theories about alleged Jewish control and influence in government policy and political movements.
The overwhelming majority of academic and journalistic reviews of MacDonald's work have dismissed it as pseudoscience grounded in conspiracy theories, and replete with misrepresentations and cherry-picking of sources. The work is regarded as having been motivated by MacDonald's antisemitic bias, rather than being an honest product of academic research.[2][3][4][5]
The trilogy includes:
- A People That Shall Dwell Alone: Judaism as a Group Evolutionary Strategy, With Diaspora Peoples[6]
- Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism[7]
- The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements[8]
- ^ Blutinger, Jeffrey C. (Spring 2021). "A New Protocols: Kevin MacDonald's Reconceptualization of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory". Antisemitism Studies. 5 (1): 4–43. doi:10.2979/antistud.5.1.02. JSTOR 10.2979/antistud.5.1.02. S2CID 234772531.
- ^ "Kevin MacDonald". Southern Poverty Law Center.
Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, wrote that MacDonald's work fails "basic tests of scientific credibility." Another scientist, John Tooby, who, along with his wife Leda Cosmides, gave the field of evolutionary psychology its name in 1992, directly challenged MacDonald's work. Tooby told Salon.com in 2000 that "MacDonald's ideas — not just on Jews — violate fundamental principles of the field." John Hartung, the associate editor of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and an associate professor of anesthesiology at the State University of New York, called MacDonald's The Culture of Critique "quite disturbing, seriously misinformed about evolutionary genetics, and suffering from a huge blind spot about the nature of Christianity."
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Eugenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "How To Deal With Fringe Academics". Slate. 7 February 2000.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Gilmanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ MacDonald, K. B. A People That Shall Dwell Alone: Judaism as a Group Evolutionary Strategy, With Diaspora Peoples, (Praeger 1994) ISBN 0-595-22838-0
- ^ MacDonald, K. B. Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism, (Praeger 1998) ISBN 0-275-94870-6
- ^ MacDonald, K. B. The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements, (Praeger 1998) ISBN 0-275-96113-3 (Preface online Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine)