ENEMIES
In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 113-118
ISSN: 1040-2659
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IN THE SEARCH FOR PEACE, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND PURSUING THE GOAL OF PEACE WITH AN ERRONEOUS FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF THAT THEY ARE AGAINST HAVING ENEMIES. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE DEEPEST FEAR OF PEOPLE IS THE LOSS OF ENEMIES AND THAT THEY USE LEADERSHIP AS A MEANS TO ALLAY THAT FEAR. THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THIS IS INDEED TAKING PLACE. IF PEOPLE WERE TO LOSE THEIR ENEMIES THEY WOULD LOSE WHAT THEY PROVIDE: THEIR PEACE, SECURITY AND FREEDOM. IT EXPLORES THE RELEVANCE THIS HAS TO THE EFFORT TO FIND LASTING PEACE.