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     Psychology of Fundamentalism
     Listserv on Ideologies of War and Terror

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:16:51 -0400
From: "Orion Anderson" 
Subject: Psychology of Fundamentalism

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Violent fundamentalism is motivated by the need to eliminate badness =
through
fighting the bad outside (of oneself). What is required now is to =
eliminate
the heretical, impure, inimical elements, that is, killing the infidels
=
who
do not believe in (my/our) God. A destructive counterpart is created to
=
the
killing of "God's enemies": it is the killing of oneself. Obviously the
killing of oneself in the effort to kill the impure part of oneself, =
amounts
to the total failure - or total grim success - of the process of
purification.

RUTH STEIN

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Dear Colleague,

Our website IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR (at  =

http://ideologiesofwar.com/) will publish significant, original work
contributing to our understanding of the sources of political and =
religious
violence.

We are proud to announce the publication of Dr. Ruth Stein's =
groundbreaking
paper, "Fundamentalism, Father and Son, and Vertical Desire."

Please take advantage of the opportunity to read this important work at

  http://ideologiesofwar.com/papers/ 

fundamentalism_stein.htm

With best regards,

Orion Anderson

P.S. We welcome thoughts and reflections on this piece. Please write to
=
me
at
  oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com 

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THE ROLE OF THE FATHER

The role of the father is conceived as being that of a lawgiver, as well
=
as
that of a liberator and facilitator of desire and ambition. The father's
role is widely conceptualized as creating an exit from the mother-infant
orbit (sometimes called 'merger,' 'symbiosis,' or the Imaginary) into =
the
outer world, lawful, reality, language, and the Symbolic Order.

In religious fundamentalism the figure of the father is perverted: a =
father
who liberates his sons (and daughters) into social life, into taking
initiative, and into the joy of competence and the entitlement to pursue
their desires in life, becomes the Father who liberates his sons (and
daughters) from "themselves", from their individuality, human compassion
=
and
the moral impulse.

Love for this father liberates his sons to humiliate, kill and destroy =
"his"
enemies. The persecutory father, who is an inner "gang leader", is =
rephrased
as a loved and loving father, although this father is obviously a =
vengeful
killer. Obviously, what subtends this love of God is tremendous, =
transformed
hatred, a kind of loving paranoia.

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The complete paper by Dr. Ruth Stein is available as an on-line =
publication.


To read: "Fundamentalism, Father and Son, and Vertical Desire"

PLEASE CLICK  =

HERE or visit:

 
http://ideologiesofwar.com/papers/fun 

damentalism_stein.htm

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Ruth Stein, Ph.D., is a Training Analyst at the Israel Psychoanalytic
Institute (IPS); Faculty at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training &
Research (IPTAR); Faculty at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study
=
of
Subjectivity (IPSS); on the Advisory Board for the International =
Association
for Relational Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy (IARPP); Associate Editor
=
for
Psychoanalytic Dialogues; and International Editor for Studies in Gender
=
&
Sexuality; Associate clinical professor, New York University =
Postdoctoral
Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

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E-mail:  
oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com 
Web:   http://ideologiesofwar.com/ 



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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:26:56 -0400
From: "Orion Anderson" 
Subject: Listserv on Ideologies of War and Terror

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IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR: Join the Listserv
Send an e-mail to:
oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com 

Acts of war and terror-forms of behavior-are generated by beliefs and
ideologies. What logic contained within an ideology can dictate a
willingness to die and kill? How do ideologies function to allow desires
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and
fantasies of group members to become articulated as dimensions of =
society?
What are the psychological sources of our attraction to ideologies and =
how
may we account for the passion with which they are embraced?

Individual acts of violence are considered "criminal." Acts of violence
committed by societal groups-nations and civilizations-on the other =
hand,
often are glorified and imbued with a sense of goodness. What =
transformative
power of ideologies converts murderous acts into forms of virtue?

This listserv invites scholars and thinkers to explore these issues in a
spirit of serious, dispassionate inquiry. To join the listserv, please
contact Orion Anderson at oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com 

To join the listserv, IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR
Send an e-mail to Orion Anderson at o =

anderson@ideologiesofwar.com 

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E-mail: oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com 
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