Edward DuttonJolly Heretic, Edward Dutton – In the animal kingdom a “subspecies, a breeding population separated from the same species, long enough to be noticeably evolved to a different environment but not long enough to be unable to have fertile offspring with the other group”

British right-wing YouTuber and zany actor/comedian Edward Dutton has released a new book, “Race Differences in Ethnocentrism.”  Dutton highlights different survival strategies employed by various ethnic groups.  He recognizes that an ethnic group can be both positive for in-group preference and positive for peaceful relations with outside groups.  Dutton asserts the two are not mutually exclusive.

Dutton’s positive/positive ethnocentrism is the position held by this website: Strong tribes, strong ethno-states, but accepting and tolerant of other subspecies.

Heretical view on Ethnocentrism

Excerpted from a review by Occidental Observer, May 23, Andrew Joyce, Ph.D. :

Jolly HereticWatching his incredibly entertaining Jolly Heretic You Tube channel it’s easy to forget that Ed Dutton is also an extremely serious, and increasingly prolific, researcher, author, and scientist… In Race Differences in Ethnocentrism, Dutton, who has collaborated with Richard Lynn on a number of occasions, builds impressively on the work of the latter and has offered, in this text, one of the most informative, formidable, pressing, intriguing, and poignant monographs I’ve read in years.

In the brief first chapter, Dutton explains ethnocentrism or group pride as taking two main forms. The first, positive ethnocentrism, involves “taking pride in your ethnic group or nation and being prepared to make sacrifices for the good of it.” Negative ethnocentrism, on the other hand, “refers to being prejudiced against and hostile to members of other ethnic groups.” Typically, a highly ethnocentric person or group will demonstrate both positive and negative ethnocentrism, although it is very common for people and groups to be high in one aspect of ethnocentrism but not in the other.

A few paragraphs down in the review, this particularly relevant paragraph for readers of this site:

In the second chapter, Dutton answers the question, ‘What is Race…’ a well-presented defense of the concept of race and its unabashed employment as a scientific system for studying and categorizing humans.  In Dutton’s presentation, ‘race’ is employed to refer to what in the animal kingdom would be a subspecies: a breeding population separated from another of the same species, long enough to be noticeably evolved to a different environment but not long enough to be unable to have fertile offspring with the other group.

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A Brit-on-the-right living in Finland

Dutton’s YouTube Channel.  He starts every show with his trademark quip “Hello, hello, hello!”

Description from his site:

Edward DuttonHello, hello, hello! I like researching ‘controversial’ topics. If someone insists that a certain area is out of bounds and you’re ‘immoral’ for even contemplating it, then that is where new discoveries are going to lie.

I originally read Theology at Durham University, graduating in 2002. There I focused on Religious Studies under the Rev’d Prof. Douglas Davies, editing his book Anthropology and Theology. I then did a PhD in Religious Studies, focusing on Christian fundamentalism, at Aberdeen University under Rabbi Prof. Seth Kunin (and briefly, partially, under Prof. Steve Bruce), finishing in 2005.

I was made Docent of the Anthropology of Religion and Finnish Culture at Oulu University in Finland – I’m based in Oulu – in 2011. The word “Docent” is translated as “habilitation,” “Adjunct Professor” or “Adjunct Reader.” In early 2012, I was Visiting Lecturer in the Anthropology of Religion at Riga Stradins University in Latvia and I did a guest lecture on the subject at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.

However, I moved into evolutionary psychology, human biological differences and intelligence in late 2012 and have never looked back. Indeed, the choice between postmodern anthropology and evolutionary anthropology was termed “Dutton’s Dilemma” in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

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