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"What would you do to advance the cause of peace in this mad world?" An outstanding group of professionals in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, political science, law, education, journalism, philosophy, and the arts answer this question, working with the concepts and tools of their fields to build a plan or model for behaviours that are likely to advance man toward peace and nonviolent change. They provide a rich sampling of the new ideas for human life that are needed if we are, in fact, ever to evolve into a more peaceful species. The book grew out of a series of sessions organized and chaired by Israel Charny at the annual meetings of the American Ortho-psychiatric Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The contributions are organized around three themes: the person, the community and the culture, and the world. Topics include a model for nonviolent strength to counter aggression by others; an examination of the psychology of Adolph Eichmann, with some startling conclusions about how men should cultivate their normal aggressive emotions and enjoy fantasies of violence; how the American democratic process can be turned unknowingly toward disastrous collective violence; and the problem of reducing the contagion of violence spread by daily newscasts of violent events.

"The Widening Circle of Genocide, the third volume of an award-winning series, combines an encyclopedic summary of knowledge of the subject with annotated citations of literature in each field of study. It includes contributions by R.J. Rummel, Leonard Glick, Vahakn Dadrian, Rosanne Klass, Martin Van Bruinessen, James Dunn, Gabrielle Tyrnauer, Robert Krell, George Kent, Samuel Totten, and a foreword by Irving Louis Horowitz. This volume presents scholarship on a variety of topics, including: Germany's records of the Armenian genocide; little-known cases of contemporary genocide in Afghanistan, East Timor, and of the Kurds; a provocative new interpretation of the psychic scarring of Holocaust survivors; and nongovernmental organizations that have undertaken the beginnings of scholarship on the worldwide problems of genocide. The Widening Circle of Genocide embodies reverence for human life; its goal is the search for new means to prevent genocide. This work is distinguished by its excellence, originality, and depth of its scholarship. The first volume was selected by the American Library Association for its list of "Outstanding Academic Books of 1988-89." It is both compelling reading and an invaluable tool for scholars and students who wish to pursue specific fields of study of genocide. It will also be of interest to political scientists, historians, psychologists, and religion scholars."--Provided by publisher.

In The Genocide Contagion, esteemed scholar of genocide Israel W. Charny asks uncomfortable questions about what allows people to participate in genocide-either directly or indirectly. Charny draws on both historical and current examples to press readers to consider how they may contribute to genocide in other countries.

Intro -- Contents -- Selected worldwide case incidents -- Preface: This may be a politically incorrect books, but it is unshakable in supporting life for all people -- Acknowledgments -- 1. How can they do it? -- 2. Suicide bombing and its growing place in the world today -- 3. Contradictory image meanings of suicide bombings -- 4. Are suicide bombers a proper subject of psychology? -- 5. The ultimate existential meaning of suicide bombings: The killing of human life -- 6. Facing the dangerous future of civilization honestly -- 7. Is it right to fear and condemn all Muslims? (Of course not!) -- 8. Promoting a new worldwide constituency for human life and making suicide bombing unattractive and unacceptable -- 9. A Proposal for a "Worldwide Campaign for Life" by the leaders of many religions and other world leaders and heroes -- Afterword: Inshallah -- Representative Suicide Bombings around the World and a Conclusion: Suicide Bombing Is a Redefinition of the Legitimacy of Virtually All Killing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

What might you have done if you had been caught up in the Holocaust? In My Lai? In Rwanda? Confronted with acts of violence and evil on scales grand and small, we ask ourselves, baffled, how such horrors can happen-how human beings seemingly like ourselves can commit such atrocities. The answer, I.W. Charny suggests in this important new work, may be found in each one of us, in the different and distinct ways in which we organize our minds. An internationally recognized scholar of the psychology of violence, Charny defines two paradigms of mental organization, the democratic and the fascist, and shows how these systems can determine behavior in intimate relationships, social situations, and events of global significance. With its novel conception of mental health and illness, this book develops new directions for diagnosis and treatment of emotional disorders that are played out in everyday acts of violence against ourselves and others. Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind also offers much-needed insight into the sources and workings of terrorism and genocide. A sane, radical statement about the guiding principles underlying acts of violence and evil, this book sounds a passionate call for the democratic way of thinking, which recognizes complexity, embraces responsibility, and affirms life.

This encyclopaedia set documents all known genocides which have taken place in history, from the massacres of indigenous peoples by colonizers, through the Armenian genocide and the Nazi Holocaust to the current examples of Cambodia, Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia

Thank the United States for the wonderful present that is the constitutional protection of freedom of expression. This fundamental principle is so precious that it must be preserved at all costs, even if it takes, why tolerate the expression of opinions and malicious anti-democratic. But what about the denial, which is not only the denial of historical fact but also a clear incitement to violence and new genocides? Adapted from the source document.