The Perils of Diversity: Immigration and Human Nature (Radix: A Series That Examines the Intersection of Culture, G) - Softcover

Roth, Byron M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593680341 ISBN 13: 9781593680343

Publisher: Washington Summit Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

During the past four decades, Europe and the United States have undergone-and continue to undergo-demographic changes of unprecedented proportions. The public debate on immigration (if one takes place at all) is between "assimilation" and "multiculturalism," in other words, between encouraging immigrants to adopt host cultures or maintain ethnic loyalties and boundaries. But is the assimilation of different races and cultures into Western societies possible or desirable? Moreover, can any multicultural or multiracial nation-state achieve lasting social harmony? Such questions are critical and consequential, and yet they have become increasingly unspeakable. In *The Perils of Diversity*, Byron M. Roth brings a much-need perspective to the immigration debate-the science of human nature. Any policy of mass immigration, Roth argues, will be profoundly constrained by the fundamental features of human psychology. Prominent among these are heritable differences in intelligence and behavior, as well as the natural tendency toward trusting one's own extended kin group and being suspicious of and sometimes hostile towards others. Roth explores the history of immigration into Europe and the United States and addresses the disturbingly undemocratic nature of the regime of mass immigration, which is imposed on the citizens of Western nations in defiance of their clearly expressed wishes. The chasm between elite views and public opinion is so stark that current policies can only be maintained by an increasingly totalitarian suppression of dissent, one that undermines the foundations and identities of Western societies.

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About the Author

Byron M. Roth is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Dowling College. He received his BA from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. His work has appeared in The Journal of Conflict Resolution, The Public Interest, Academic Questions and Encounter. His previous books include, Decision Making, Its Logic and Practice, co-authored with John D. Mullen and Prescription for Failure: Race Relations in the Age of Social Science. The latter was described by the editors of the journal Political Psychology as a book of major importance to the science and the applications of political psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Washington Summit Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593680341
• ISBN 13: 9781593680343
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 596