Author: KB
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Further Thoughts ‘On Aggression 2’ – Weapons, Technology and the Naked Ape
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Lorenz writes: Though occasionally in territorial or rival fights, by some mishap a horn may penetrate an eye or a tooth an artery, we have never found that the aim of aggression was the extermination of fellow members of the species… However, it must be admitted that a slight deviation from nature, a coincidence that…
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Further Thoughts ‘On Aggression’ 1 – Evolutionary Blind Alleys
‘On Aggression’ is proving to be an interesting read, and I wanted to link some themes that crop up within the book with some of the thinking on city life in The Complex Christ. An expert in the field of animal behaviour, Lorenz discusses the strange case of the argus pheasant. Lorenz notes that: “Wherever…
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Gift Exchange and Terror
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I’ve recently finished ‘The Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin. It’s a wonderful book using some travels he made among aboriginal peoples in Australia to reflect on humanity and our common roots as nomads. In one section he records a meeting with Konrad Lorenz, whose book ‘On Aggression’ I am now reading. It’s a controversial thesis in…
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Complex Christ Blog goes live
I’ve had this blog registered for months, but just been trying to work out the right way and time to use it. I’m hoping blogging will encourage some discourse around the ideas raised in the book in a way that the discussion boards haven’t quite managed. Enjoy.
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Dirt and Terror
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A few months ago I was asked by Third Way magazine to write them an article on one of the issues raised in the book. Those who have read the book will realise that one of the things that has interested me – through the thinking we’ve done at Vaux over the past few years…