Thursday, 2 September 2010

morning notes day four

the art and consequence of enemy making
ENMIFICATION

lars larson
internal process

the onion of conflict resolution
no political claims this is not political science

how we make wars
uninformed

enemy making
turning people into an other
robert riger

what he says is

the psychological and social factors and their concomitants that contribute to a climate of ready hatred, other-ification, and dehumanization of individuals and or groups
hatred
dehumanizations
they get fewer human rts than we do


we turn them into objects into subjects
abu ghraib  photos

israeli pictures

when we turn someone into an other
we are able to treat them very differently
mean-spirited action

the hardest thing for a human to do is to kill someone.

the training that some people have fewer human rts than we do


people like us
this process of emnification
understand how it emerges so we dont have to hate the others
hating the haters unproductive tautological argument

what are we going to do to break the cycle of violence

day four
exercise: talk about self . . .
as human beings
we negotiate safety by negotiating safety and negotiating safety


natural survival instinct
thin skinned
thick skinned

shout out  social identifiers
disclosure

we have a cultural taboo around judgment

teacher
dramatic
mother
woman
collectivist
hippie
outspoken
feminist
opinionatd
smart
risk taker
non-authoritarian
determined
worldly
jewish
progressive
non-authoritarian
anti-authoritarian
equitable
type A
upper middle class
enthusiastic
kinetic
linguistic
student
warrior for social justice
relisious/spiritual
wise
interested in what we have to say
listener
strong
curious
vulnerable
open
advocate
able to separate work from home
environmentally conscious
mass-transit taker
north portlander

opinions about feminist, jewish, heterosexual
feminism mitigated by heterosexuality
bank of brain negotiates safety

look around

look for a place to sit


as a man you might feel like a minority
female teacher hooray!!!!!!!
we dont talk about them bc its taboo to talk about judgement
it is insubordinate to talk about the physical

what happens as a result
is we dont discuss the judgments so then they escalate into a pattern of hatred if we are hating muslims, americans, it should be a wake up call


the art of enemy making.

there are consequences
this is a complicated equation
the idea of the “us” people like me---us people---the oversimplified

the love of hating---psychological approach to hating---we are good---they are humane---we are trustworthy
good evil
offensive
oppressive
dependent
peacekeepers
brutal expansionist
lens of us/them


weekend workshops with the them---->
liberating to talk about it---->

who do you hate????????

judgement
break out groups----

dehumanizing practices to create an enemy
(sam Keen, 1998)

enemy  as created by paranoia
enemy of god
enemy as barbarian
enemy as rapist
enemy as beast, insect, reptile
enemy as death


anthropology of hatred
evolutionary biology
fear of wooly mammoth---primal fear---

adrenaline addiction

ten minutes hate in 1984

hate as an endocrine exercise of self definition in othernes

a student: hatred regarding infanticide

moral relativity
objects become subjects when we have understanding

homeostasis

forty years of shared history

epistemology naive---only one


sophisticated---know truth is negotiable

invite back to the dialectic

how we create enemies
our personal experiences

boyfriend stolen by a cute girl---lack of self-acceptance---racism manifested out of insecurity

how we discern safety is through generalizing

dental torture of saddam
dental torture is the most kind of common torture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_torture

sleep deprived and tortured

dental torture is one of the most . . .

found in a “snake” hole

mythological words
most likely tortured


created an enemy

themes of children’s television

good prevails in american films

polyannic

tropisms

hero is white, even in japanese anime

is always black

enemy wears black

enemy is smart

americans take pride in anti-acdemic we are all just regualr guys---smart people can’t be trusted or so ---via lars larson “i’m not a college educated person”

is a hero

adam ant

hero
henchman
sidekick
wanerian heroism

enemy often effeminate
gender norms
stigmatizations
vast body of media---80% of world media---globalized phenomenon!  since its inception there has been researched perception as to how the media shapes perception . . .

we have a clear idea of who is good!!!!

sense making as human beings to negotiate good/evil too simplistic in terms of self-concept----how we regard those who are bad---

dictators family etc.

good and evil so easily prescribed
engage in nefarious behavion

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