The Wasp Question

by Andrew Fraser

"The WASP Question" deals with the question of Anglo-Saxon life in the United States, Australia and everywhere across the world where they have settled. Having for the most part lost a sense of their own ethnic identity in a time of increasing globalism and international multiculturalism which values nearly every culture except their own, the 'WASPs' - White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - are alternatively mocked, attacked and ignored in their own lands. Professor Fraser addresses the many questions involved in the matter with impeccable erudition and proposes possible solutions for the future. Constitutional and legal history, evolutionary biology and Christian theology all come into play as Fraser tackles one of the most burning questions of our time. As an analysis of the problems, and possible way forward, faced by a European ethnic group, the book will be of interest to anyone concerned about the fate of not just the Anglo-Saxons, but any specific cultural and racial identity in the postmodern, multicultural age. Andrew Fraser studied both law and history in Canada and the United States. After moving to Australia, he taught legal history and constitutional law at Macquarie University in Sydney.

Genres: Politics, History

422 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2011

Reviews

[Radu · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book about the rise of the Anglo-Saxon tribe following their adoption of Christianity into a worldwide empire and their subsequent decline in cultural dominance over the last century. The material gets a little dense at times but to its credit it stays consistent with the theme of how the Anglo-Saxon tribe became the English and subsequently the British Empire.

What I found particularly interesting was the claim of how the Anglo-Saxons adopted Christianity; by placing a heavy emphasis on the Old Testament stories of the Kings of Israel (David, Solomon, etc), the Saxons were able to assimilate Christianity into their tribal religious structure by focusing on the idea of a king ruling by divine right and the king's fortune being the measuring stick for whether he and the tribe were in God's favour or not.

God save the King indeed.

[Jack Sprat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very significant book of its type. Whilst Fraser (like perhaps a lot of highly intelligent writers) has a tendency to talk "over the heads" of readers by using a lot of long, unrecognisable words, no one could really dispute their content. Andrew Fraser simply has a phenomonal knowledge of and passion for his subject matter - the Anglo-Saxon people; their history, their journey, and their increasing self-inflicted plight. But also contained among his many astute observations are some interesting practical ideas as to what may better WASPs in the future, and where some solutions may lie. Just be warned that this is a book written by an academic for academic minds.

[Landis Duffett · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly argued. It's almost as if the system of logic were an entirely new one developed by the author ad hoc just for this book. At the end, he starts arguing that anglo-saxon institutions in American can only be saved by a system that intertwines the legal and economic system. Um, I think that's what exists right now. A bit bizarre. Unfocused. Not well planned.