Entries by Kevin MacDonald
The Psychology of Moral Communities, Part 4 of 5: Psychological Challenges to Developing an Explicit Culture of White Identity and Interests
Go to Part 1 Go to Part 2 Go to Part 3 Psychological Challenges to Developing an Explicit Culture of White Identity and Interests The foregoing has discussed psychological mechanisms underlying the power of human cultures to influence behavior and attitudes. Clearly, the wider culture of the West, now dominated by the anti-White left, poses a major […]
The Psychology of Moral Communities, Part 3 of 5: Race Differences in Personality
Go to Part 1 Go to Part 2 Race Differences in Personality Race differences in personality explain the unique tendency of Whites to create moral communities where reputation is paramount. The critical role for reputation implies that we evaluate the personalities of group members and potential group members. A reputation as heartless, calculating, untrustworthy or selfish is […]
The Psychology of Moral Communities, Part 2 of 5: Ethnocentrism and Its Control
Go to Part 1. Controlling Ethnocentrism: Implicit and Explicit Processing As noted in Chapter 5, psychological research indicates two different types of psychological processing: implicit and explicit processing. These modes of processing may be contrasted on a number of dimensions.[1] Implicit processing is automatic, effortless, relatively fast, and involves parallel processing (i.e., processing going on independently […]
The Psychology of Moral Communities, Part 1 of 5
Editor’s note: I am moving (gruesome, as always) and will likely be away from my computer for a few days, so I thought I would post Chapter 8 of my 2019 book Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition: Evolutionary Origins, History, and Prospects for the Future, in five parts. This is the longest chapter in […]
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