Sociobiology And Elite Theory Analysis
Conclusion
Anti-Semitism has existed through Jewish history. There has always been long time periods of it which was always followed by recovery. Many ask why the Jews stayed in Poland when all the signposts pointed to the dangers of this hatred toward them. The answer is that they believed it to be the same as it had always been – anti-Semitism followed by recovery. No one ever expected the outcome to be The Holocaust or the genocide enacted several years later against them when Germany and the Nazi’s invaded Poland. Many Polish Jews considered themselves to be Polish and therefore had no fear.
It has been said that to see ahead one must look back at history and this is a perfect example of that theory. In 1924 the United States passed the Johnson Immigration Act which restricted the number of immigrants coming to the United States from any other country. The same can be seen today with the reaction to the immigration of the Syrian refugees fleeing their country. The question is asked why the United States turned its back on Jews …show more content…
The Jews in Poland behaved as “the stranger” in Polish society. Georg Simmel, born in 1858 and founder of the German Sociological Association and argues the theory of The Stranger where he specifically discusses the nature of the individual and group cultural differences. He likens the stranger to a social role in which there is a combined quality of nearness and remoteness. Most Jews were self-contained, self-absorbed elitist communities that were insulated from society in general. Intermarriage rates between Poles and Jews were less than one percent. Few of them had friendly relationships with non-Jews that were around them. This self-segregation was the
Anti-Semitism has existed through Jewish history. There has always been long time periods of it which was always followed by recovery. Many ask why the Jews stayed in Poland when all the signposts pointed to the dangers of this hatred toward them. The answer is that they believed it to be the same as it had always been – anti-Semitism followed by recovery. No one ever expected the outcome to be The Holocaust or the genocide enacted several years later against them when Germany and the Nazi’s invaded Poland. Many Polish Jews considered themselves to be Polish and therefore had no fear.
It has been said that to see ahead one must look back at history and this is a perfect example of that theory. In 1924 the United States passed the Johnson Immigration Act which restricted the number of immigrants coming to the United States from any other country. The same can be seen today with the reaction to the immigration of the Syrian refugees fleeing their country. The question is asked why the United States turned its back on Jews …show more content…
The Jews in Poland behaved as “the stranger” in Polish society. Georg Simmel, born in 1858 and founder of the German Sociological Association and argues the theory of The Stranger where he specifically discusses the nature of the individual and group cultural differences. He likens the stranger to a social role in which there is a combined quality of nearness and remoteness. Most Jews were self-contained, self-absorbed elitist communities that were insulated from society in general. Intermarriage rates between Poles and Jews were less than one percent. Few of them had friendly relationships with non-Jews that were around them. This self-segregation was the