----Original Message----- From: Eric Yost <NYCEric@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Dec 7, 2004 5:26 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: CFP: PEACE REVIEW on the Psychological Interpretation of War This guy has been spamming all available lists with his silly thesis. After triple posting to Modernism-L, Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D was called out on the deficiencies of his thesis, by posters with a range of academic credentials, which he did not answer in any way. A.A. Be that as it may, why do you think this is a silly thesis? What are some of the bases for the assertion that this is a silly thesis? E.Y. One thing is clear, Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D is more interested in his career in the psychological interpretation of war than he is in actually examining the issues he broaches. A.A. As I saw it, he was asking for abstracts. What does he intend to do with these things? Personally, the statement: "In this special issue of the PEACE REVIEW, we seek to publish outstanding papers that explore the mystery of the human attraction to an institution whose primary product has been suffering and death." struck me as exactly nailing the issue: People love war. It sounds like people should hate war but they don't. They love it. Soldiers are even considered sexy. West Point cadets are real finds as husbands. Bush came into his first term itching for a fight, possibly because he missed out on Vietnam. Iraq came along, and there he stood, Ken [Barbie's doll mate] in uniform. He's very proud of the Saddam's personal pistol which he keeps as a trophy. Perhaps not so curiously, Kerry, who actually was in a war, said during the campaign that we're not ready for body bags and burn victims and amputees. The military for some reason never tires of war. A special breed among war lovers. I think these are very valid questions that for some reason have not been asked for the millennia of human existence. Even now, someone asks them and his motives are impugned. Why? Andy Amago ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html