The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful act towards children returns tenfold a few decades later upon the historical stage, while every empathic act that helps a child become what he or she wants to become, every expression of love toward children heals society and moves it in unexpected, wondrous new directions.
Whole great chunks of written history are of little value to the psychohistorian, while other vast areas which have been much neglected by historians… - Lloyd Demause
Whole great chunks of written history are of little value to the psychohistorian, while other vast areas which have been much neglected by historians…
- Lloyd Demause
Anthropologists have promulgated the myth of the peaceful savage so effectively that when actual deaths by war are tabulated for prestate simple soci… - Lloyd Demause
Anthropologists have promulgated the myth of the peaceful savage so effectively that when actual deaths by war are tabulated for prestate simple soci…
Sociologists and historians have avoided looking for the family sources of wars and social violence. Whenever a group produces murderers, the early p… - Lloyd Demause
Sociologists and historians have avoided looking for the family sources of wars and social violence. Whenever a group produces murderers, the early p…
Historians are presumed to be unable to "do psychology," which is "mystical" anyway, so they are forced to accept the most "rational" explanations...… - Lloyd Demause
Historians are presumed to be unable to "do psychology," which is "mystical" anyway, so they are forced to accept the most "rational" explanations...…
The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, … - Lloyd Demause
The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, …
Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks. - Lloyd Demause
Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks.
The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings … - Lloyd Demause
The source of most human violence and suffering has been a hidden children's holocaust throughout history, whereby billions of innocent human beings …
Indeed, my conclusion from a lifetime of psychohistorical study of childhood and society is that the history of humanity is founded upon the abuse of… - Lloyd Demause
Indeed, my conclusion from a lifetime of psychohistorical study of childhood and society is that the history of humanity is founded upon the abuse of…
Psychohistory, like psychoanalysis, is a science in which the researcher's feelings are as much or even more a part of his research equipment than hi… - Lloyd Demause
Psychohistory, like psychoanalysis, is a science in which the researcher's feelings are as much or even more a part of his research equipment than hi…
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