Winstonwells commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
I was thinking about the idea of Nationalism the other day while watching the Breivik trial on BBCNews24 because I had previously been watching one of Adam Curtis' documentaries that featured sequences...
View ArticleJohn Protevi commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Yes, but he had to prepare and even then to struggle to deaden his emotions via dehumanization. You're right about the naturalization / rendering-an-organism of the nation, but insofar as Breivik says...
View Articledmf commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
is "normal" physiology not also political/socialized/sublimated?
View ArticleJohn Protevi commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
YES! I'm very much a bio-social type. For the most part, I adhere to Susan Oyama's saying about nature-nurture. Nature is the product of which nurture is the process. But I do think most people...
View Articledmf commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
this case seems clear enough, what do you make then of other cases like the mass murders of neighbors by neighbors in Rwanda? my sense is that such baseline empathy doesn't take us very far in times of...
View ArticleEric B commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Have you seen this book? I've been meaning to read it but never get around to it. http://www.amazon.com/On-Killing-Psychological-Learning-Society/dp/0316330116.Your points about empathy and...
View ArticleJohn Protevi commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Hi Eric, yes, I have been citing that book for years now. I think it's very important work!About Hobbes, in my Katrina piece (http://www.protevi.com/john/Katrina_1_Nov_05.pdf ) I cite all sorts of...
View Articledmf commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Richard Sennett is still working out a socialist model of ethical skill development with an emphasis on crafting cooperation:http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=23304
View ArticleJohn Protevi commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Yes, our empathic capacities are fragile and so in need of constant support. And we seem to be involved in a horrible experiment in neo-liberal America to create conditions that fight empathy --...
View ArticleJohn Protevi commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
Thanks for that link to Sennett. Besides the interest in the topic, he and I share a connection: the name Sennett is related by my mother's maiden name of Sinnott, so we both share Irish roots!
View ArticleAdrian Ivakhiv commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
John - This is all very interesting, and I think you're quite right that there's "cognitive training" as well as much else in Breivik's overcoming of "normal physiology" with his (and not just his)...
View Articledmf commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/all-in-the-mind-22nd-april-2012/3958630"Orchids, dandelions and an intriguing set of genes Are you a sensitive flower - like a vulnerable...
View Articledmf commented on 'Breivik's political physiology practices'
of course there is always a market for macho stupidity:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/arts/television/big-easy-justice-a-new-series-on-spike.html?_r=1
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