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Humans as A Killing Species

– by Ken Fuchsman, Ed.D., President, International Psychohistorical Association

Thursday, May 31st, 2018, @ 1:40 pm - 2:30 pm    

1 CEU

Abstract:

Humanity does not live by bread alone.  Foul, fish, and beef are staples of the diets of many of us.  We kill billions of animals and plants for food each year.  There are at least fifteen ways we kill.  Our large brains, language, and empathy are seen as characterizing our species.   Killing should be added to the list, for human existence cannot yet be separated from using force to end lives.  This paper explores homicide, suicide and war as part of how humanity is a killing species.

Learning Points:

At the end of this educational activity, its participants will be able to:

1) analyze the place of violence and killing within human existence;

2) examine the psychological impact of war on its participants, and what drive combatants to emotional extremes;

3) discuss and analyze the origins of suicide - in different cultures, in past and present;

4) discuss the psychology of men who kill intimate partners.

References:

Bednarik, R. (2011). The human condition. New York: Springer. 

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            http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvv.pdf

Cartwrite, D. (2004). Psychoanalysis, violence and rage-type murder: Murdering minds. Foreword by P. Fonagy. London, UK: Routledge.

Dobash, R. E., & Dobash, R. P. (2015). When men murder women. Oxford: Oxford University Pres.

Eisner, M. (2012). What causes large-scale variation in homicide  rates. Retrieved from:

            http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/manuel_eisner/large_scale-variation.pdf.

Gat, A. (2017). The causes of war and the spread of peace. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Goodal, J., Wrangham, R., & Peterson, D. (January 4, 2013). We, too, are violent animals. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323874204578220002834225378

Hrdy, S. B. (2009). Mothers and others: The evolutionary origins of mutual understanding. Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press.

Kekes, J. (2010). The human condition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

Kelly, R. (2000). Warless societies and the origin of war. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Klein, R., & Sitling, M. (Translator) (2011). Sociality as the human condition. Leiden, NL: Brill Publishers.

Bio of the Presenter:

Ken Fuchsman, Ed.D., is Emeritus Faculty at the University of Connecticut, where he taught history and interdisciplinary studies. He designed courses in the Nature of Being Human and the Interdisciplinary Study f the Family. Dr. Fuchsman is President of the International Psychohistorical Association. His writings include multiple articles on Presidents Kennedy, Obama, and Trump, trauma, empathy, being human, and on film. 

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