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From Conflict To Covid: How Shared Experiences Shape Our World And How They Could Improve It, Harvey Whitehouse
From Conflict To Covid: How Shared Experiences Shape Our World And How They Could Improve It, Harvey Whitehouse
New England Journal of Public Policy
The human capacity for cooperation is at the root of many of the most impressive accomplishments of our species—from the evolution of language and tool use to the construction of pyramids and space stations. Although some forms of cooperation are motivated by self-interest or fear of punishment, the forms of cooperation that are most likely to succeed in the face of personal costs stem from love of the group. In this article, I consider one of the most intense forms of ingroup love known to psychology—identity fusion—resulting from shared suffering, from the battlefield and football pitch to the hospital ward …
Psychological Reflections On Mahatma Gandhi And The Future Of Satyagraha, Charles B. Strozier
Psychological Reflections On Mahatma Gandhi And The Future Of Satyagraha, Charles B. Strozier
New England Journal of Public Policy
The article examines the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi from a psychological perspective. Special attention is given to the psychoanalytic study of Gandhi by Erik Erikson, Gandhi’s Truth, in 1969. The author notes his personal connection with Erikson’s book, which profoundly influenced his thinking (and life). The article alternates between a close psychological reading of Erikson’s book and Gandhi’s My Experiments with Truth. The larger point of the article is to reflect on the future of satyagraha or nonviolence. Gandhi’s own meanings of satyagraha are often difficult for many to accept, given the psychological violence that infected his form …