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Category Archives: Kevin MacDonald
The Anti-Jewish Narrative
Nathan Cofnas writes in Philosophia magazine: According to the mainstream narrative about race, all groups have the same innate dispositions and potential, and all disparities—at least those favoring whites—are due to past or present racism. Some people who reject this … Continue reading
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Tabletmag: American Racist: A Q&A with Kevin MacDonald, the country’s most influential white identitarian ideologue
David Samuels, who normally publishes great work, fails to advance the Kevin MacDonald story one inch. What a waste. A day after publication, nobody but me has written about this story (except for a few mentions on Twitter). Tablet refused … Continue reading
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Does Kevin MacDonald Argue That Jews Are Genetically Programmed To Weaken White Societies?
Nathan Cofnas responds to me: “I wouldn’t say “genetically programmed,” since this is too strong an expression. (It’s a tendency that requires certain cultural inputs to be expressed. The group evolutionary strategy wouldn’t function properly without culturally transmitted social controls, … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas Responds To JF Gariepy’s Critique
Nathan Cofnas writes June 3, 2019: Jean-François (“JF”) Gariépy has produced an error-ridden critique of my paper on Kevin MacDonald. ~~~~~ As everyone reading this presumably knows, MacDonald claims that Judaism is a “group evolutionary strategy.” In The Culture of … Continue reading
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JF Gariepy Analyzes The Cofnas Critique
Nathan Cofnas responds to JF’s critique. On May 26, 2018, JF Gariepy hosted Kevin MacDonald in a show titled, “The Standing Critique.” JF says about Kevin’s book The Culture of Critique (40:20): “The Cofnas Critique passes beside the track from … Continue reading
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Why Are So Many Jewish Intellectuals On The Left?
I was invited to give a talk about the MacDonald-Cofnas debate at the University of Buckingham. Here are my slides in case anyone is interested: https://t.co/TCtThCD1uf pic.twitter.com/y92wdtTVPv — Nathan Cofnas (@nathancofnas) November 28, 2018
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Is Kevin MacDonald’s Theory of Judaism “Plausible”? A Response to Dutton (2018)
Nathan Cofnas writes: Dutton (2018, p. 2) says that his argument reduces to six basic claims: (1) “[G]roup selection is a robust model.” (2) “[P]eople tend to act in their ethnic interests.” (3) “Jews are more ‘group selected’ than gentiles,” … Continue reading
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Loss Of Respect For The Alt Right
Richard Spencer says the Alt Right’s premiere intellectual is Kevin MacDonald. Spencer has apparently not read the Nathan Cofnas critique of Kevin’s book Culture of Critique but he has praised Kevin’s response to Cofnas. Oxford scholar Nathan Cofnas writes: …MacDonald’s … Continue reading
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Nathan Cofnas: Kevin MacDonald won’t accept evidence supporting alternative theories about Jewish influence
Here are some of Nathan’s latest tweets: * Since I think MacDonald’s theory is wrong, obviously I think it has a “non-educative effect” on people who buy into it. * Setting out to understand Jewish behavior without being committed to … Continue reading
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Analyzing Kevin MacDonald’s ‘Culture of Critique’ and the alt-right’s embrace of anti-Jewish ideology
Nathan Cofnas writes: The biblical commentator Rashi observes that in order for a falsehood to be successful, it has to contain at least some element of truth. According to one falsehood—the mother of all conspiracy theories—Jews have gained control over … Continue reading
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