Roots of War and TerrorBloomsbury Publishing, 15 մրտ, 2005 թ. - 274 էջ In 'The Roots of War and Terror', Anthony Stevens provides profound insights into the nature and origins of armed conflict. Combining the concepts of the archetype and the collective unconscious (Jungian) with crucial evidence from the behavioural and biological sciences, Stevens exposes war as an ancient propensity rooted in human psychology - particularly in the psychology and anatomy of the human male.Stevens explains what attracts men to the profession of arms and describes the age-old techniques, still used in military training camps, which are necessary to activate the warrior archetype in the masculine psyche. The author sheds light on how leaders persuade populations to go to war and lays bare the unconscious fantasies that could draw us all to final Armageddon.In later chapters in his book, Stevens discusses ways of inhibiting the archetypes of war (through educational policy and admission of women into the citadels of masculine power) of diverting them into less destructive channels.'The Roots of War and Terror' is an indispensable work for anyone wishing to understand the psychological basis of war or hoping to discover ways in which the unimaginable catastrophe of nuclear war could be avoided.'Denial and dissociation, repression and projection enable us to remain cheerfully unconscious. Disguised as defenders of our egos and protectors of our peace of mind, those discreet flunkies are really secret agents in the service of the archetypes of war. Unknown and unrecognised by our fellow citizens, they are the stooges of Armageddon.' |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 29–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 6
... survival . purpose Thus war puts us in a painful double bind : although we may hate it as brutal , cruel , and wantonly destructive , there is something evilly seductive about it which , under certain circumstances , renders it ...
... survival . purpose Thus war puts us in a painful double bind : although we may hate it as brutal , cruel , and wantonly destructive , there is something evilly seductive about it which , under certain circumstances , renders it ...
Էջ 11
... survival and propagation of their genes which goes on between different species and between members of the same species for the finite resources of the earth . - Conflict is also endemic to our own personalities as all schools of depth ...
... survival and propagation of their genes which goes on between different species and between members of the same species for the finite resources of the earth . - Conflict is also endemic to our own personalities as all schools of depth ...
Էջ 14
... survive . We agreed that everything possible should be done to avert it . Yet , at the same time , a large number of men and women expressed fears that the policies pursued by governments , however successful they might be in the short ...
... survive . We agreed that everything possible should be done to avert it . Yet , at the same time , a large number of men and women expressed fears that the policies pursued by governments , however successful they might be in the short ...
Էջ 18
... survive . In the state of nature , Hobbes declared , there were ' no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all , continual fear , and danger of violent death ; and the life of man , solitary , poor , nasty , brutish ...
... survive . In the state of nature , Hobbes declared , there were ' no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all , continual fear , and danger of violent death ; and the life of man , solitary , poor , nasty , brutish ...
Էջ 21
... survive . Men , he said , were not gentle , friendly beings who merely defended themselves if they were attacked . ' A powerful measure of desire for aggression has to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment , ' Freud ...
... survive . Men , he said , were not gentle , friendly beings who merely defended themselves if they were attacked . ' A powerful measure of desire for aggression has to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment , ' Freud ...
Բովանդակություն
1 | |
2 US VS THEM | 28 |
3 BASIC WAR | 58 |
4 MAKING WARRIORS | 85 |
5 MAKING LOVE | 117 |
6 MAKING WAR | 137 |
7 MAKING PEACE | 174 |
8 TRANSCENDING WAR | 212 |
Glossary | 243 |
Referencess | 249 |
Index | 257 |
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve activities aggression animals archetypal archetypal system armed army attack basic training battle become behaviour biological bonding brain C.G. Jung capacity century Chechnya civilized cold brain collective collective unconscious combat communities complex conflict consciousness culture destruction dominance emotional enantiodromia enemy ethologist example existence expression fear feelings female fight forces Freud function Hephaestus Hockey homeostasis hostile human in-group individual inhibitions innate instinct kill Konrad Lorenz leaders limbic system Lionel Tiger living London male masculine Michael Howard military mobilized modern Mundrucus nations nature necessary nuclear occur organization Osama bin Laden out-group Palaeolithic peace perceived planet political population possess possible primitive principle propensity pseudospeciation psyche psychology recruits release responsible result rituals Saddam Hussein sexual shadow projection social societies soldier species suicide superego survival symbols territory terrorism terrorists threat transcend troops unconscious University victory violence warfare warlike warriors wars weapons women young