The Culture of Critique series

The Culture of Critique

The original trilogy, released between 1994–1998.
A People That Shall Dwell Alone Separation and Its Discontents The Culture of Critique Understanding Jewish Influence Can the Jewish Model Help the West Survive?
Author	Kevin B. MacDonald
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Psychology
Publisher	Praeger Publishing Washington Summit Publishers AuthorHouse
Published	1994–2004
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)

The Culture of Critique series is a series of books by Kevin B. MacDonald on the motivations behind Jewish behavior and culture, the causes of antisemitism, and the alleged Jewish control or influence in government policy and political movements. Although the first book was moderately well received, later works have been mostly rejected and condemned by academics and journalists as being scientifically unsupportable, academically sloppy, and antisemitic.

The first three books constitute what is known as MacDonald's "trilogy." In this trilogy he describes Judaism as a "group evolutionary strategy" to enhance the ability of Jews to out-compete non-Jews for resources. He argues that Judaism fosters in Jews a series of marked genetic traits, including above-average verbal intelligence and a strong tendency toward collectivist behavior. MacDonald also notes a negative shift in tone from the first book to the third, and attributes it to having learned more, read more, and "changed greatly" in that time. MacDonald's trilogy has been described as significant for "its potential to forge a standardized anti-Semitic critique in the far right."

MacDonald describes Judaism as having (or constituting) a "group evolutionary strategy" aimed at limiting exogamy, enforcing cultural segregation, promoting in-group charity and economic cooperation, and regulating in-group marriage and births to achieve high levels of intelligence, ability to acquire resources, parenting care, and group allegiance. He examines evidence from Jewish history, culture, and genetics in support of his thesis, arguing that Judaism is based on a strong and possibly genetically based predisposition to ethnocentrism characteristic of Middle Eastern cultures generally but exacerbated as a result of selective effects resulting from Jewish cultural practices. He analyses the use of the complex and extensive Jewish scriptures and the high prestige of Rabbinic learning as eugenic mechanisms for promoting Jewish verbal intelligence and dexterity.