Comments on: Robert Ardrey and the Amity/Enmity Complex

By: The Amity/Enmity Complex: Another Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound

The Amity/Enmity Complex: Another Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:10:54 +0000

[...] written about the Amity/Enmity Complex in earlier posts. The term describes the dual nature of the innate human behavioral traits generally associated [...]

By: The Tea Parties and Human Nature @ Helian Unbound

The Tea Parties and Human Nature @ Helian Unbound — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:46:51 +0000

[...] Leading the PeopleThe Amity/Enmity Complex is real. The term refers to the dual nature of human morality. Search the listings of any of the [...]

By: Of Niall Ferguson, Objective Criticism, and European Hatemongers @ Helian Unbound

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:01:28 +0000

[...] brains are hard-wired to have a dual system of morality, which I have elsewhere referred to as the Amity/Enmity Complex. We reserve “good” moral behavior for those in our “in-group.” The [...]

By: Richard Holloway and Godless Morality @ Helian Unbound

Richard Holloway and Godless Morality @ Helian Unbound — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:30:48 +0000

[...] more just world Mr. Holloway appears to favor. Our morality has its dark sides, such as the Amity/Enmity Complex I’ve often discussed on this blog. This aspect of our nature made it “morally [...]

By: Keith Olbermann and the Amity/Enmity Complex @ Helian Unbound

Keith Olbermann and the Amity/Enmity Complex @ Helian Unbound — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:23:05 +0000

[...] that Amity/Enmity thing I told you about? Here’s an example of an actual manifestation thereof. A vid is worth a [...]

By: European Anti-Americanism, Then and Now @ Helian Unbound

European Anti-Americanism, Then and Now @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:58:28 +0000

[...] racism, anti-Semitism, and religious bigotry, anti-Americanism is a common expression of the Amity-Enmity Complex I’ve written about earlier. However, unlike racism, which justified slavery, or [...]

By: Cass Sunstein, Glenn Beck, and Diversity of Opinion @ Helian Unbound

Cass Sunstein, Glenn Beck, and Diversity of Opinion @ Helian Unbound — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:02:24 +0000

[...] problem of group polarization is certainly real. It is, in fact, a manifestation of the Amity-Enmity Complex I have referred to earlier. Indeed, Sunstein describes the Complex very nicely: For present [...]

By: Islamophobia and Criticism of Religious Belief @ Helian Unbound

Islamophobia and Criticism of Religious Belief @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:34:29 +0000

[...] that the “other” belongs in an out-group. As usual, this familiar manifestation of the Amity-Enmity Complex sheds more heat than light. It is particularly inappropriate in the case of religious differences, [...]

By: Neocon Watch: Another Wolfowitz Sighting @ Helian Unbound

Neocon Watch: Another Wolfowitz Sighting @ Helian Unbound — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:01:59 +0000

[...] usual attempts, so typical of our time, to vilify him rather than simply refute his arguments. The Amity-Enmity Complex prevails. Wolfowitz cannot merely be wrong. Rather, as one who has assaulted the ideological dogmas [...]

By: Israel, Sweden, and the Modern Face of Anti-Semitism @ Helian Unbound

Israel, Sweden, and the Modern Face of Anti-Semitism @ Helian Unbound — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:21:21 +0000

[...] to fit perfectly into the role of an “out-group” for many centuries (see my post on the Amity-Enmity Complex). Obviously, things haven’t changed. Hatred of the Jews, hidden beneath a thin veneer of [...]