Faces of the Enemy: Reflections of the Hostile Imagination - Hardcover

Keen Sam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062504711 ISBN 13: 9780062504715

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1986

Synopsis

Examines the psychology of hatred and aggression, by which one's fears and inadequacies are projected onto others, dehumanizing them into enemies and legitimizing violence

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Each nation seeks to justify warfare by creating a monstrous image of its enemy. Killing is made a source of pride, murder a patriotic duty; war becomes a holy war "with God on our side." Keen (The Passionate Life uses political posters and cartoons to demonstrate that belligerent countries have consistently characterized the enemy as aggressor, barbarian, devil, rapist, insect, germ. Noting that the U.S. and U.S.S.R. need to view one another as evil, he urges a massive overhaul of fixed postures and attitudes. His "potpourri of possibilities" to eradicate deep-seated hate and fear ranges from cultural exchanges to divestment of empires (ours and theirs). Illustrated with color and black-and-white art, this original probe of the root causes of war offers a new perspective on ways to thaw the Cold War. The book is a tie-in with a PBS television series. 25,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062504711
• ISBN 13: 9780062504715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 199