The Forever War on Terror: Dilemmas and Choices by Charles Strozier

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The Forever War on Terror: Dilemmas and Choices
Charles B. Strozier, Ph.D., Professor of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Director, John Jay Center on Terrorism, New York;  and a training and supervising analyst, TRISP.

Summary of paper delivered at the meetings of the APsaA in Atlanta, June 20, 2008

In my talk I described the apocalyptic mindset that underlies the current global “war on terror” (GWOT).  The GWOT emerged out of a radical shift in America’s relation to the world after 9/11.  The GWOT, as a self-proclaimed fight against evil, has served as the ideological basis for the actual wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  The GWOT also reverses centuries of our cautious posture to the world, projecting power in ways not seen since the Roman Empire.  This new stance alters the principles established by the framers of the constitution, and early presidents, particularly George Washington, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, and Abraham Lincoln.  Continue reading The Forever War on Terror: Dilemmas and Choices by Charles Strozier

Psychoanalytic Archives: A Discussion of Charles Brenner’s Paper at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute

Click Here To Read: Commentary on Charles’s Brenner’s Paper  “An Addendum to Freud’s Theory of Anxiety” presented at the New York Psychonalytic Institute November 28th, 1950 by the following discussants: Ludwig Eidelberg, Heinz Hartmann, Judith Silberfennig Kesternberg, Rudolph Loewenstein, Rene A. Spitz, Max M. Stern, Abram Blau, and Otto Sperling.

Dr. Brenner’s paper was published as: Brenner, Charles (1953).  An Addendum to Freud’s Theory of Anxiety. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 34:18-24.

Freud’s “Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis” Revisited by Robert L. Lippman

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This article has been previously published as Lippman, Robert  (2008).  Freud’s “Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis” Revisited.  The Psychoanalytic Review 95(3) 489-99 and appears here with the requisite rights and permissions and with the permission of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis.