Kant assigned Jews misanthropy and Muslims pride as religious temperaments

Evidence

The various kinds of belief among peoples seem to give them, after a time, a character, revealing itself outwardly in civil relations, which is later attributed to them as though it were universally a temperamental trait. Thus Judaism in its original economy, under which a people was to separate itself from all other peoples by means of every conceivable, and some arduous, observances and was to refrain from all intermingling with them, drew down upon itself tl1e charge of misanthropy. Mohammedanism is characterized by pride because it finds confirmation of its faith not in miracles but in victories and subjugation of many peoples, and because its devotional practices are all of the spirited sort” (Kant, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, 172/G858). Kant is certainly pursuing the train of thought begun in Critique of judgment; including his reflections on subjection. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 1158

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the reader’s series on moral panics over dress/identity and the history-of-the-enemy theme from this same book.
• ADDENDUM: Kant’s assigning ‘pride’ to Islam because its faith is confirmed by victories and subjugation connects to the essay on moral panics as identity signaling.
• QUESTION: Worth investigating how Kant’s temperament framework in Religion fits with his wider anthropology lectures.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 1158