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Apr 1, 2009 · Evolutionary theories of culture have considered the possibility that domain general mechanisms of general intelligence are important for the generation of culture ( Chiappe and MacDonald, 2005; Geary, 2005; MacDonald, 1991; Richerson and Boyd, 2000; Stanovich, 2004 ).
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The present paper attempts to explicate self-interest and rational control processes in terms of dual process theory as a prelude to sketching the implications of this model for a general theory of political culture. Both the Kohlberg model and the evolutionary model appear to be incomplete.
- The Same Behavior Is Interpreted Differently When Exhibited by Jews Or Gentiles
- Sources Are Misrepresented
- No Evidence Is Ever Acknowledged to Count Against The Theory
- Hundreds of Years of Gentile Radicalism Are Ignored
A common pattern throughout The Culture of Critiqueis that the same behavior is given a different interpretation depending on whether it is performed by Jews or gentiles. For example, when gentiles assume leadership positions in radical movements (e.g., John Dewey, Carl Jung), it is because “gentiles have . . . been actively recruited to the moveme...
In numerous places in The Culture of Critique, references are given to support a claim but no support can be found in the original source, or the original source is misrepresented. Because the present paper is focused on the argumentof the book, it only reports some of these misrepresentations where they significantly affect the argument. Also, for...
In many places, MacDonald himself brings up facts that seem to go against the predictions of his theory. While these individual facts may not in themselves necessarily refute his hypothesis, rather than revising his ideas or acknowledging that he cannot explain everything, he dogmatically insists that the apparent counterexamples actually supporthi...
The reader of The Culture of Critiquewho has no knowledge of history is led to believe that European society was traditionally marked by “hierarchic harmony” (1988a:315) and naive, happy acceptance of traditional religion, institutions, and family relations. Then, after the Enlightenment, Jews emerged from the ghettos and commenced what was to be a...
- Nathan Cofnas
- nathan.cofnas@balliol.ox.ac.uk
- 2018
Jun 9, 2018 · As Cofnas explains, MacDonald theorises that Judaism should be understood as a ‘group evolutionary strategy’ which has led to the development of a group which is highly intelligent, extremely conscientious and high in positive and negative ethnocentrism.
- Edward Dutton
- ecdutton@hotmail.com
- 2019
Theories of culture have focused on showing the conditions under which certain norms could have evolved (e.g., a reciprocity norm, Boyd and Richerson, 1988, or a norm of altruistic punishment, Boyd, Gintis, Bowles, and Richerson, 2003).
- Kevin MacDonald
- 2009
There are no theoretical principles or established empirical findings of evolutionary psychology that make MacDonald’s theory “plausible.” In a trilogy of books, Kevin MacDonald argues that Judaism is a “group evolutionary strategy.”
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The Culture of Critique series is a trilogy of books by Kevin B. MacDonald that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories. 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 ...
