What is all the Koenigsberg stuff? Academic spam?
>From: "Orion Anderson"
<libraryofsocialscience@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: War, Death and History
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:48:38 -0400
>
>War, Death and History
>
>
>In the First World War, human beings were proud of the endless rows of
white
>crosses that memorialized the dead soldiers even as the war was being
>fought. They didn't realize that the war was fought in order to create
the
>crosses. Nations exist because memorials testify to the fact that people
>have died in their name.
>
>Soldiers in World War did what they were asked to do: They got out of
>trenches and ran into artillery shells and machine-gun fire. However,
the
>cause of the killing and dying was obscure; the source was murky. Wars
>happen. When wars happen, soldiers die.
>
>Today, we are not unaware of the relationship between human agency, war
and
>the death of the soldier. We know that wars are the result of choices
that
>people make. Since we know that we have chosen war--that we are the
cause of
>the soldier's death--we're not so proud of memorials. We no longer
flaunt
>them. In fact, we sometimes hide them. We don't want to be excessively
>conscious of the results of our choices.
>
> _____
>
>Richard Koenigsberg's writings have revolutionized our understanding of
the
>sources of societal violence. To read his papers (listed below) on war,
>genocide and civilizational self-destruction,
>
>PLEASE
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>
>* AS THE SOLDIER DIES, SO DOES THE NATION COME ALIVE: The Sacrificial
>Meaning of Warfare
>
>* DYING FOR ONE'S COUNTRY: The Logic of War and Genocide
>
>* THE LOGIC OF THE HOLOCAUST: Why the Nazi's Killed the Jews
>
>* THE SACRIFICIAL MEANING OF THE HOLOCAUST
>
>* AZTEC WARFARE, WESTERN WARFARE: The Soldier as Sacrificial Victim
>
>
>
> _____
>
>Yet we do want to know that the soldier has died--for our cause. In war,
the
>soldier dies for all of us. National glory derives from the willingness
of
>the soldier to give his life. If soldiers did not accede to give their
>lives, there could be no national glory. Without national glory, there
would
>be no history.
>
>The death of the soldier sustains the fantasy. Soldiers die so that we
can
>read about leaders and wars in history books. The greater the number of
>deaths, the more significant the historical event. Wars are undertaken
in
>order to remind us of our sacred ideals. Death in war testifies to the
>reality of the ideal. Wars occur in order to be remembered--so that
leaders
>and nations can make history.
>
>People feel better when there is terrorism and war. War reassures us
that
>life is meaningful. Triviality and frivolity are replaced by
significance
>and solemnity. In order for history to continue, wars are created. As
long
>as wars occur, there can be no "end of history." Narratives
become grand
>again: The world has returned to normalcy.
>
>Once again, there seems to be a center. When there is a center, it is
>difficult to be "multi." The center is where death occurs and
is located in
>the minds of those who cause death. The center is the sacred ideal that
is
>the cause and justification for killing. If they can die for their
ideals,
>we can die for ours. Without sacred ideals, there is only Michael
Jackson.
>
>War is full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot. Unless you are
in
>the path of a bomb or bullet--then it's really real. Death and body
>mutilation are the basis of war and source of history. Bombs create
"earth
>shattering" events. We create history in order to forget that our
frail
>bodies are in the process of disintegrating.
>
>
> _____
>
>E-mail: libraryofsocialscience@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Phone: 718-393-1081
>Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~libraryofsocialscience/
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>From: "Orion Anderson"
<libraryofsocialscience@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: War, Death and History
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:48:38 -0400
>
>War, Death and History
>
>
>In the First World War, human beings were proud of the endless rows of
white
>crosses that memorialized the dead soldiers even as the war was being
>fought. They didn't realize that the war was fought in order to create
the
>crosses. Nations exist because memorials testify to the fact that people
>have died in their name.
>
>Soldiers in World War did what they were asked to do: They got out of
>trenches and ran into artillery shells and machine-gun fire. However,
the
>cause of the killing and dying was obscure; the source was murky. Wars
>happen. When wars happen, soldiers die.
>
>Today, we are not unaware of the relationship between human agency, war
and
>the death of the soldier. We know that wars are the result of choices
that
>people make. Since we know that we have chosen war--that we are the
cause of
>the soldier's death--we're not so proud of memorials. We no longer
flaunt
>them. In fact, we sometimes hide them. We don't want to be excessively
>conscious of the results of our choices.
>
> _____
>
>Richard Koenigsberg's writings have revolutionized our understanding of
the
>sources of societal violence. To read his papers (listed below) on war,
>genocide and civilizational self-destruction,
>
>PLEASE
><http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=bis8g6n6.0.0.85y8w8n6.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.earthli
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>http://home.earthlink.net/~libraryofsocialscience/
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>nk.net%2F%7Elibraryofsocialscience>
>
>
>* AS THE SOLDIER DIES, SO DOES THE NATION COME ALIVE: The Sacrificial
>Meaning of Warfare
>
>* DYING FOR ONE'S COUNTRY: The Logic of War and Genocide
>
>* THE LOGIC OF THE HOLOCAUST: Why the Nazi's Killed the Jews
>
>* THE SACRIFICIAL MEANING OF THE HOLOCAUST
>
>* AZTEC WARFARE, WESTERN WARFARE: The Soldier as Sacrificial Victim
>
>
>
> _____
>
>Yet we do want to know that the soldier has died--for our cause. In war,
the
>soldier dies for all of us. National glory derives from the willingness
of
>the soldier to give his life. If soldiers did not accede to give their
>lives, there could be no national glory. Without national glory, there
would
>be no history.
>
>The death of the soldier sustains the fantasy. Soldiers die so that we
can
>read about leaders and wars in history books. The greater the number of
>deaths, the more significant the historical event. Wars are undertaken
in
>order to remind us of our sacred ideals. Death in war testifies to the
>reality of the ideal. Wars occur in order to be remembered--so that
leaders
>and nations can make history.
>
>People feel better when there is terrorism and war. War reassures us
that
>life is meaningful. Triviality and frivolity are replaced by
significance
>and solemnity. In order for history to continue, wars are created. As
long
>as wars occur, there can be no "end of history." Narratives
become grand
>again: The world has returned to normalcy.
>
>Once again, there seems to be a center. When there is a center, it is
>difficult to be "multi." The center is where death occurs and
is located in
>the minds of those who cause death. The center is the sacred ideal that
is
>the cause and justification for killing. If they can die for their
ideals,
>we can die for ours. Without sacred ideals, there is only Michael
Jackson.
>
>War is full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot. Unless you are
in
>the path of a bomb or bullet--then it's really real. Death and body
>mutilation are the basis of war and source of history. Bombs create
"earth
>shattering" events. We create history in order to forget that our
frail
>bodies are in the process of disintegrating.
>
>
> _____
>
>E-mail: libraryofsocialscience@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Phone: 718-393-1081
>Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~libraryofsocialscience/
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