[lit-ideas] Re: CFP: PEACE REVIEW on the Psychological Interpretation of War
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:58:22 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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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
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