In 'The Roots of War and Terror', Anthony Stevens provides profound
insights into the nature and origins of armed conflict. Combining
the Jungian concepts of the archetype and the collective
unconscious with crucial evidence from the behavioural and
biological sciences, Stevens exposes war as an ancient propensity
rooted in human psychology - particularly in the psychology and
anatomy of the human male. Stevens explains what attracts men to
the profession of arms and describes the age-old techniques, still
used in military training camps, which are necessary to activate
the warrior archetype in the masculine psyche. The author sheds
light on how leaders persuade populations to go to war and lays
bare the unconscious fantasies that could draw us all to final
Armageddon. In later chapters of this book, Stevens discusses ways
of inhibiting the archetypes of war (through educational policy and
admission of women into the citadels of masculine power), of
diverting them into less destructive channels.; 'The Roots of War
and Terror' is an indispensable work for anyone wishing to
understand the psychological basis of war or hoping to discover
ways in which the unimaginable catastrophe of nu
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