tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post7804118065995099616..comments2023-11-06T11:31:25.673-08:00Comments on Activist Teacher: Psycho-biological basis for image leverage and the case of IsraelDenis Rancourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-35717072775617276812010-09-13T22:25:10.011-07:002010-09-13T22:25:10.011-07:00"From the evidence available, the only thing ..."From the evidence available, the only thing keeping it from all out genocide of the Palestinians and nuclear extermination of Muslims in the region is public opinion in combination with Israel’s desire to be accepted as part of the broader community of nations."<br />---------------<br /><br />Are you serious?! What on earth do you base this claim on? <br /><br />wow.the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-5677151070891941842010-06-15T07:52:13.030-07:002010-06-15T07:52:13.030-07:00Hi Dennis,
I am a 61 year young retiree, who just...Hi Dennis,<br /><br />I am a 61 year young retiree, who just found you on the web. I am enthralled with your articles, activism, and feel the wake up call!<br /><br />I am a reader of Jiddu Krishnamurti; watching my mind, and the collective mind attentively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-51122042093434518952010-06-15T07:27:18.833-07:002010-06-15T07:27:18.833-07:00Good points Shazz!
I would add the following.
(1...Good points Shazz!<br /><br />I would add the following.<br /><br />(1) What we "actually experience" (conscious or not) drives, constrains, and legitimizes what we do individually.<br /><br />(2) "Collective consciousness" is communicated to the individual via (inter-class, etc.) inter-person interactions and is moderated by the broad mental imagery that is partly shaped by Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-82010729684151864162010-06-15T04:29:09.795-07:002010-06-15T04:29:09.795-07:00If collective consciousness is anything like indiv...If collective consciousness is anything like individual consciousness then the part we actively experience isn't driving the process, instead it plays a game of catch up trying to rationalise what the subconscious already decided to do for whatever reasons.<br /><br />Perhaps similarly political consciousness is actually merely playing catch up to the underlying realities of environments and Shazznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-34488802999101744102010-06-14T08:43:46.285-07:002010-06-14T08:43:46.285-07:00Denis confirms what many of us already know about ...Denis confirms what many of us already know about framing, propaganda and power. The powerful are masters at establishing the parameters of discussion and using their media control for dissemination. We have no such advantages, but we do have truth on our side.<br /><br />There's this idea, World 5.0, which suggests an entirely new perspective to interpreting ourselves and our place in time. jimprueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663296695825054343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-18228410221461936632010-06-13T09:29:47.450-07:002010-06-13T09:29:47.450-07:00This reminds me of the Second World War : how Hitl...This reminds me of the Second World War : how Hitler worked his image and used the media so that the mass (that was not really into fighting again after the First World War...) followed him and his ideas.<br /><br />Public manipulation via promotion of a good image of the leader (and its partners) or the nation and hidden acts. Blinded followers. <br /><br />It is certainly how war and genocide Caroline Wangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-6213372535326112942010-06-13T03:28:37.216-07:002010-06-13T03:28:37.216-07:00I agree, Denis, that psychobiology is central to h...I agree, Denis, that psychobiology is central to human affairs; and I agree with your implicit assertion that the driving psychobiological force is /feeling/: “We don’t /feel/ secure living with overt psychopaths”.<br />I've just been acquainting myself with your prolonged clash with the UoO hierachical windmill. Please correct my impressions if they are wrong.<br />You take your work very Alan Kernsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-67772571510751839002010-06-12T16:49:05.436-07:002010-06-12T16:49:05.436-07:00One more thing and I'll shut up: Granted most...One more thing and I'll shut up: Granted most ordinary Palestinians do not collaborate, but enough of them do that's it a real problem. Ask someone who actually lives in Gaza if he doesn't think that the PA and Hamas are totally corrupt and working deals all the time. And what about people like Mohammed Dahlan who organized, on behalf of the US and Israel, the Fatah/Hamas battle in Corinnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-48193848379387607812010-06-12T16:07:46.861-07:002010-06-12T16:07:46.861-07:00I hope you really do want honest responses, Denis....I hope you really do want honest responses, Denis. Perhaps I'm too cynical these days, but I don't see Israel's apparent gestures toward public opinion as much more than a smokescreen for what's going to come down despite public opinion.<br /><br />Any "re-branding" attempts (and cries of rising anti-semitism) are primarily aimed at encouraging Jews to make aliyah, Corinnenoreply@blogger.com