Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind: A Bridge between Mind and Society

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KimE — University of Nebraska Press / Page xv / DEC . 14 . 2005 / Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind / Charny 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 [-15], (15) Lines: 393 to 430 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-15], (15) Acknowledgments I want to thank very much the following colleagues for their warm support , encouragement, and various assistance: Douglas Sprenkle, my colleague psychologist–family therapist and friend of many years, whose clinical and spiritual thinking about human beings and their intimate relationships has always spoken to me of a thoughtful, deep, and kind person and practitioner. I recognize Doug as a profound and authentic thinker, and had no question that if he disagreed with me or was critical of my thinking or writing, he would say so – and I in turn would listen respectfully. Henry Theriault, I dare to say wishfully my colleague philosopher (I was a philosophy minor in college!) and younger friend of recent years, whom I meet periodically in contexts of genocide studies, including our shared concerns with denials of known genocides such as denials of the Armenian Genocide. Eric Markusen, in some ways my colleague in sociology (I was also a sociology minor in college!), and also my colleague in social work (after my having worked in social work settings including university schools of social work for many years), but most certainly one of my longest-term colleagues in genocide studies, including his serving as a member of the team of Associate Editors of the Encyclopedia of genocide that I edited. I also owe Eric a further thanks in that, notwithstanding his amazing schedule of professional travel far and wide across the globe and his responsibilities as research director of a pioneering Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Oslo, he volunteered to help me with a pageby -page editing of an earlier draft of the manuscript. Robert Hitchcock, a principled scholar devoted to human rights and the right to live of all peoples. I can’t get together enough credentials to be a colleague with him in his being an anthropologist beyond the fact that all our social sciences are intrinsically close to one another. But in his case too, I can identify warmly with Bob as a colleague in our both KimE — University of Nebraska Press / Page xvi / DEC . 14 . 2005 / Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind / Charny Acknowledgments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 [-16], (16) Lines: 430 to 454 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-16], (16) also being genocide scholars (I remain forever grateful to him for an excellent conference on genocide studies he organized at the University of Nebraska in 1996). To Marc I. Sherman, my close friend at home in Israel and assistant director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem and director of its Bibliographic and Information Services, I have many warm thanks for excellent bibliographic consultation, preparation of the index, and so much other meaningful assistance and encouragement in preparation of the manuscript. Finally,with a special warmth,I also want to express my deepest appreciation to my capable secretary and office manager of many, many years, Pauline Cooper, who helps me not only with her production skills, but as a very fine, thoughtful, crystal-clear and straightforward critic. I also want to express my sincere appreciation to the following individuals and organizations for the permission they gave to quote from their publications: The excerpts from Bridget Murray’s APA Monitor article, “Teaching today’s pupils to think more critically: Psychologists’ techniques inspire students to look for a deeper understanding of the material they study” (March 1997, p. 51) was adapted for reprinting with the permission of the American Psychological Association. Copyright © 1997 by the American Psychological Association. Adapted with permission. TheAssociation for Humanistic Psychology gave permission to reprint the excerpt from John Rowan’s article “Heresy hunting in the AHP” in the AHP Newsletter (April 1980), pp. 4–7. Carmel Tapping, author, and Hugh and Maureen Crago, editors, gave permission to reprint excerpts from Tapping’s review of Leonard K. Szmczak ’s 1996 Cuckoo forever more in the Australia-New Zealand Journal of...