Comments on: Robert Ardrey and the Amity/Enmity Complex

By: The Forgettable Philosophy of Konrad Lorenz @ Helian Unbound

The Forgettable Philosophy of Konrad Lorenz @ Helian Unbound — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:58:39 +0000

[...] was still in vogue. Of these, Lorenz was the second most effective. The most effective was Robert Ardrey. As proof of this assertion, we have the testimony of the blank slaters themselves, conveniently [...]

By: Ingroups and Outgroups: All Things Old are New Again @ Helian Unbound

Ingroups and Outgroups: All Things Old are New Again @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:51:26 +0000

[...] it on a firm theoretical basis well over half a century ago. As Robert Ardrey, who called it the Amity/Enmity Complex, wrote of it a couple of decades later, it was, “the resolution of a paradox posed by Darwin, [...]

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

The Amity/Enmity Complex: A Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:45:35 +0000

[...] usual, they are full of as many proximate causes as you please, and ignore the ultimate cause: the Amity/Enmity Complex. Briefly put, it is our innate tendency to categorize others of our species into in-groups and [...]

By: The Amity/Enmity Complex: The Chinese Data Point @ Helian Unbound

The Amity/Enmity Complex: The Chinese Data Point @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:34:19 +0000

[...] written about the Amity/Enmity Complex in earlier posts. The term describes an innate behavioral trait that predisposes us to categorize other human beings [...]

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 [...]