Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines
The Institute for Action Against Hate is soliciting submissions for the eighth volume of the interdisciplinary Journal of Hate Studies.
We are interested in articles from various disciplines that address the topic of "The Other Among Us." We are particularly interested in articles that focus on immigration, refugees, or second-generation peoples who may have been born in one country but are still seen as being representatives of another, tourists, and others who cross national borders. However, articles are also encouraged from a range of perspectives on engagement or disengagement with "the other" in our society, culture, and lives. A special invitation is extended to scholars from disciplines such as history, psychology, philosophy, women's studies, cultural studies, anthropology, political science, social psychology, economics, literature, rhetoric, and religious studies.
Submissions are due by February 1, 2010 and should be between 5000-10,000 words. Submissions should include one hard copy and an electronic copy in MS Word format. Please do not submit PDF files. Submissions should be presented in APA format and, if necessary, contain endnotes rather than footnotes.
Address submissions and questions to the Gonzaga University Institute for Action Against Hate, AD Box 43, 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane WA 99258-0043; email address: againsthate@gonzaga.edu; phone: (509) 313-3665.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Dancing around the black hole
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.
Walter Benjamin, Thesis on the Philosophy of History, 1940
There was once a Lutheran who was arrested by the Nazis and put into a holding cell with a bunch of Jews headed for Auschwitz. The man protested that he was not a Jew, he hated Jews, in fact. He was a Lutheran. He was born a Lutheran. The Nazis replied that his mother was a Jew and so he was a Jew. No, he replied with passion, my mother converted to Christianity long before I was born and she married a Lutheran and she raised me a Lutheran and she was a Lutheran. No, the Nazis replied, she was a Jew. And so the man found himself in the gas chamber with a chamber load of Jews as the gas was being dropped into the chamber. As he drew his last breath it finally dawned on him, "oh, my God, I'm a Jew!"
All his life he thought that he knew who he was. He was a German and a Lutheran and he hated Jews. At the very last moment of his life he discovers that he is a Jew. He realizes that on some level this fact was fundamental to who he was and what his destiny was to be. He cannot now go back and live his life over and he has no future, so what benefit is his final insight?
Binyamin Mehler, Meditation on Benjamin, (2009)
Walter Benjamin, Thesis on the Philosophy of History, 1940
There was once a Lutheran who was arrested by the Nazis and put into a holding cell with a bunch of Jews headed for Auschwitz. The man protested that he was not a Jew, he hated Jews, in fact. He was a Lutheran. He was born a Lutheran. The Nazis replied that his mother was a Jew and so he was a Jew. No, he replied with passion, my mother converted to Christianity long before I was born and she married a Lutheran and she raised me a Lutheran and she was a Lutheran. No, the Nazis replied, she was a Jew. And so the man found himself in the gas chamber with a chamber load of Jews as the gas was being dropped into the chamber. As he drew his last breath it finally dawned on him, "oh, my God, I'm a Jew!"
All his life he thought that he knew who he was. He was a German and a Lutheran and he hated Jews. At the very last moment of his life he discovers that he is a Jew. He realizes that on some level this fact was fundamental to who he was and what his destiny was to be. He cannot now go back and live his life over and he has no future, so what benefit is his final insight?
Binyamin Mehler, Meditation on Benjamin, (2009)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Haeckel Controversy
Daniel Gasman has written two books on Ernst Haeckel. First, his 1971 The Scientific Origins of National Socialism which examines the Monist roots of National Socialism and his 1998 study, Hackel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology, which extends his analysis by examining Haeckel's influence on French and Italian fascism.
Gasman's work was widely accepted, if not fully appreciated. Now comes Professor Robert Richards to turn Gasman on his head. Where Gasman contends that Haeckelian Monism is significantly different from Darwinian evolutionary theory, Richards argues they were substantially the same. Where Gasman contends that Haeckel was an antisemite, Richards argues he was a friend of the Jews. Where Gasman contends that Haeckel was a proto-Nazi, Richards argues he was hated by the Nazis. Some observers have commented that the debate is about ego's rather than issues; that the debate between Gasman and Richards has become vitriolic and personal and therefore not fit for public consumption. But that view ignores the underlying significance of what is at stake. This is not about Dr. Gasman's or Professor Richards' reputation, although, both are clearly at stake. If Gasman is right, if his criticisms of Richards are sound, Richards reputation and integrity will be called into question. If Richards is right, Gasman's life work becomes a misguided attempt to malign a man who ought to share the stage with Darwin as one of the great heroes of modern science.
But beyond that and far more important is how we end up understanding fascism, the single most pernicious political and social ideology of modern times. Taken in this light, ISAR believes that Richards obscures and Gasman illuminates.
Gasman's work was widely accepted, if not fully appreciated. Now comes Professor Robert Richards to turn Gasman on his head. Where Gasman contends that Haeckelian Monism is significantly different from Darwinian evolutionary theory, Richards argues they were substantially the same. Where Gasman contends that Haeckel was an antisemite, Richards argues he was a friend of the Jews. Where Gasman contends that Haeckel was a proto-Nazi, Richards argues he was hated by the Nazis. Some observers have commented that the debate is about ego's rather than issues; that the debate between Gasman and Richards has become vitriolic and personal and therefore not fit for public consumption. But that view ignores the underlying significance of what is at stake. This is not about Dr. Gasman's or Professor Richards' reputation, although, both are clearly at stake. If Gasman is right, if his criticisms of Richards are sound, Richards reputation and integrity will be called into question. If Richards is right, Gasman's life work becomes a misguided attempt to malign a man who ought to share the stage with Darwin as one of the great heroes of modern science.
But beyond that and far more important is how we end up understanding fascism, the single most pernicious political and social ideology of modern times. Taken in this light, ISAR believes that Richards obscures and Gasman illuminates.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Jews and Neo-Nazis
In 1994 after I appeared on ABC World News with Peter Jennings talking about the Bell Curve. My ex had just been in a bad accident and was in a cast up to her thigh. The phone rang and this guy started to rant so she hung up. He called back and left this message on the answer machine: "Listen, bitch! I know who you and are where you live and I'm coming for your family."
At the time, we had good friends, Ron and Debbie who were training Rottweiler guard dogs. She was an ex-cop and he was ex-Marine. They moved in with us to help out and brought Tasha, who they were training. She was nearly two hundred pounds of pure muscle and she would sit on my porch like a statue. She wouldn't bark or move when people walked by the house, but if someone stopped in front of the house and looked at the house, Tasha would literally fly off the porch. The heavy chain would yank her to the ground and she would communicated to whoever was standing there that it would be a very good idea to keep moving.
Isaac was about ten and Ron took him to school everyday and picked him up in the afternoon. Isaac liked Ron, but after a few days, I heard Isaac tell him, "Ron, I like you, but I want to meet my friends at our secret fort by myself." I heard Ron say: "Isaac, there are some people who might want to hurt your dad and the worst thing they could do would be to hurt you. I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen." Isaac’s best friend, Austin, who lived next door, might as well have lived on another planet. His front door was never locked and he lived in a place that was safe for children. My son lived in a world where Nazis were still gunning for Jews!
At the time, we had good friends, Ron and Debbie who were training Rottweiler guard dogs. She was an ex-cop and he was ex-Marine. They moved in with us to help out and brought Tasha, who they were training. She was nearly two hundred pounds of pure muscle and she would sit on my porch like a statue. She wouldn't bark or move when people walked by the house, but if someone stopped in front of the house and looked at the house, Tasha would literally fly off the porch. The heavy chain would yank her to the ground and she would communicated to whoever was standing there that it would be a very good idea to keep moving.
Isaac was about ten and Ron took him to school everyday and picked him up in the afternoon. Isaac liked Ron, but after a few days, I heard Isaac tell him, "Ron, I like you, but I want to meet my friends at our secret fort by myself." I heard Ron say: "Isaac, there are some people who might want to hurt your dad and the worst thing they could do would be to hurt you. I'm here to make sure that doesn't happen." Isaac’s best friend, Austin, who lived next door, might as well have lived on another planet. His front door was never locked and he lived in a place that was safe for children. My son lived in a world where Nazis were still gunning for Jews!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
ISAR - Front for Genocide
We received this email a few weeks ago from Jason.
Your 'institute' is just a front. The truth is that you are a Jew. Your true goal is to exterminate all White people. Just like what happened in East Prussia to the civilian population of Germans when the Soviet Army came. That is your true dream. Mass rapes. Mass murder. The greatest mass rape of children in the history of the world. The Russians used mass rape as a means of ethnic cleansing. Millions of German civilians were taken as slaves east to Siberia.
Read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book Gulag Archipelago. He won the Nobel prize in literature for that work. Communism is Jewish in origin. Marx, Engels, Trotskey, Lenin ... they were all Jews. Communism was a Jewish scheme to enslave entire White nations. Your Jewish tricks won't work on me. Lazar kaganovich, another Jews, was responsible for the artificial famine in Ukraine in 1923-24 that killed 7 million White people.
The Jews invented genocide. In the Bible, in the Book of Numbers and later in the book of Joshua we read of mass Genocided comitted by the Jews where they slaughter countless peoples, killing men, women, children, and even their pets and livestock.
I answered Jason:
--- On Sat, 5/30/09, BarryMehler@ferris.edu wrote:
From: BarryMehler@ferris.edu
Subject: Re: your Jewish lies
To: "Jason"
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 10:28 PM
Yeh, that's me. I'm a Jew.
Jason replied:
Jared Taylor had an article published in a mainstream blog today. Read the link below for a rebuttal of your worldview:
http://www.takimag.com/article/what_do_white_nationalists_want/
I'm not going to waste my time debating you. You are liar. As your father, Satan, is the father of lies.
Our movement is growing. You devil, you. You will not stop us. God is on our side. The White race is God's true choosen people.
Your 'institute' is just a front. The truth is that you are a Jew. Your true goal is to exterminate all White people. Just like what happened in East Prussia to the civilian population of Germans when the Soviet Army came. That is your true dream. Mass rapes. Mass murder. The greatest mass rape of children in the history of the world. The Russians used mass rape as a means of ethnic cleansing. Millions of German civilians were taken as slaves east to Siberia.
Read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book Gulag Archipelago. He won the Nobel prize in literature for that work. Communism is Jewish in origin. Marx, Engels, Trotskey, Lenin ... they were all Jews. Communism was a Jewish scheme to enslave entire White nations. Your Jewish tricks won't work on me. Lazar kaganovich, another Jews, was responsible for the artificial famine in Ukraine in 1923-24 that killed 7 million White people.
The Jews invented genocide. In the Bible, in the Book of Numbers and later in the book of Joshua we read of mass Genocided comitted by the Jews where they slaughter countless peoples, killing men, women, children, and even their pets and livestock.
I answered Jason:
--- On Sat, 5/30/09, BarryMehler@ferris.edu wrote:
From: BarryMehler@ferris.edu
Subject: Re: your Jewish lies
To: "Jason"
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 10:28 PM
Yeh, that's me. I'm a Jew.
Jason replied:
Jared Taylor had an article published in a mainstream blog today. Read the link below for a rebuttal of your worldview:
http://www.takimag.com/article/what_do_white_nationalists_want/
I'm not going to waste my time debating you. You are liar. As your father, Satan, is the father of lies.
Our movement is growing. You devil, you. You will not stop us. God is on our side. The White race is God's true choosen people.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
New Essay Prize on Prejudice
PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES
ON PREJUDICE
First Annual Paper Prize
The Committee for the Prejudice Paper Prize announces the First Annual Competition for a manuscript on Prejudice from a Psychoanalytic Perspective.
Submissions are welcome for original papers that address any theoretical or empirical aspect of this important subject. Deadline: December 15, 2009.
All papers will be juried by the Paper Prize Committee. A $500 Prize will be awarded to the winning paper. Additionally, a Student Prize of $300 will be awarded to a paper by a graduate student or psychiatry resident (Psychoanalytic Candidates will be considered post-graduates).
Manuscripts should be up to 30 double-spaced pages including references, and could be authored by one or more persons. Please email intention of submitting to committee chairperson.
The journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis will have first right for publication after review. This Paper Prize competition is open to any person interested in writing on the topic of prejudice from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Submissions and Questions should be emailed to: Ron Aviram, Ph.D. at ronaviram@msn.com or 212-439-8070 (Paper Prize Committee Chair).
Each submission should have a cover page with Name, Affiliation, and contact information. Please note if the author is a student or psychiatry resident. No identifying information should appear on the rest of the manuscript.
Updated information can be found at the William Alanson White Institute website: http://www.wawhite.org/home/home.htm
Paper Prize Committee: Cleonie White, Helen Quinones, Fred Millan, Alison Feit, Mark Blechner, Christopher Bonovitz,
Steve Bashkoff, Ron Aviram.
ON PREJUDICE
First Annual Paper Prize
The Committee for the Prejudice Paper Prize announces the First Annual Competition for a manuscript on Prejudice from a Psychoanalytic Perspective.
Submissions are welcome for original papers that address any theoretical or empirical aspect of this important subject. Deadline: December 15, 2009.
All papers will be juried by the Paper Prize Committee. A $500 Prize will be awarded to the winning paper. Additionally, a Student Prize of $300 will be awarded to a paper by a graduate student or psychiatry resident (Psychoanalytic Candidates will be considered post-graduates).
Manuscripts should be up to 30 double-spaced pages including references, and could be authored by one or more persons. Please email intention of submitting to committee chairperson.
The journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis will have first right for publication after review. This Paper Prize competition is open to any person interested in writing on the topic of prejudice from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Submissions and Questions should be emailed to: Ron Aviram, Ph.D. at ronaviram@msn.com or 212-439-8070 (Paper Prize Committee Chair).
Each submission should have a cover page with Name, Affiliation, and contact information. Please note if the author is a student or psychiatry resident. No identifying information should appear on the rest of the manuscript.
Updated information can be found at the William Alanson White Institute website: http://www.wawhite.org/home/home.htm
Paper Prize Committee: Cleonie White, Helen Quinones, Fred Millan, Alison Feit, Mark Blechner, Christopher Bonovitz,
Steve Bashkoff, Ron Aviram.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
A Response to David Kelsey – The Kvetcher
David:
First, thank you for inaugurating my new blog. I really appreciate your commenting on my blog. This is my first blog and you’re the first to comment!
The Kvetcher wrote: “My post was, in fact, edited. A lot. All the block quotes--never mind the links--were taken out, and it is consequently much harder to read coherently. But I guess that works well for you with your penchant for nasty name calling that you are famous for, Dr. Mehler.”
I apologize for the inadvertent edits. I just did a cut and paste and obviously some of the formatting changed, I hope that anyone who is interested in your original remarks will go directly to your blog:
http://kvetcher.net/
I would restore the links as you asked, but I’m not sure how to do it. Your welcome to post them.
With regard to my “penchant for nasty name calling” - I must tell you that I have many bad traits. I’ve been called a Marxist and a Lysenkoist. A recent correspondent said I was either irresponsible or despicable and I wrote him back to point out that the two were not mutually exclusive. I might, in fact, be both irresponsible and despicable. David, I have always felt that it is not up to me to decide how to characterize myself and I don’t take offense.
When I characterize certain arguments as “white nationalist” it’s not a matter of name calling, I’m trying to point out that arguments about the dangers of Mexican immigration to American culture or the American nation are basically white nationalist. The United States defines citizens as those born or naturalized and it says nothing about what language they speak or what beliefs they hold about religion or government or anything. The character of this nation has changed dramatically since the colonial days and it is constantly changing. I’m not making that happen. The demography of the world is changing and the kinds of debates we are having, the British and French and Germans are having as well.
Now, you commented, “But it's okay when Israel does it, right?” If you mean, do I believe it is ok to have a Jewish state, I would have to say that if I had been in charge of history, I would have made Israel a bi-national state. What the future will hold for Israel is not up to me. Demography in Israel is changing just as it is changing everywhere. The Arab and non-Jewish minority is growing as a percentage of the population and the conflict between fundamentalist Jews and secular Jews is a serious schism that is growing more serious and shows little sign of any peaceful resolution. I wish I had an answer, but I don’t. In short, I don’t think anything is right just because Israel does it.
First, thank you for inaugurating my new blog. I really appreciate your commenting on my blog. This is my first blog and you’re the first to comment!
The Kvetcher wrote: “My post was, in fact, edited. A lot. All the block quotes--never mind the links--were taken out, and it is consequently much harder to read coherently. But I guess that works well for you with your penchant for nasty name calling that you are famous for, Dr. Mehler.”
I apologize for the inadvertent edits. I just did a cut and paste and obviously some of the formatting changed, I hope that anyone who is interested in your original remarks will go directly to your blog:
http://kvetcher.net/
I would restore the links as you asked, but I’m not sure how to do it. Your welcome to post them.
With regard to my “penchant for nasty name calling” - I must tell you that I have many bad traits. I’ve been called a Marxist and a Lysenkoist. A recent correspondent said I was either irresponsible or despicable and I wrote him back to point out that the two were not mutually exclusive. I might, in fact, be both irresponsible and despicable. David, I have always felt that it is not up to me to decide how to characterize myself and I don’t take offense.
When I characterize certain arguments as “white nationalist” it’s not a matter of name calling, I’m trying to point out that arguments about the dangers of Mexican immigration to American culture or the American nation are basically white nationalist. The United States defines citizens as those born or naturalized and it says nothing about what language they speak or what beliefs they hold about religion or government or anything. The character of this nation has changed dramatically since the colonial days and it is constantly changing. I’m not making that happen. The demography of the world is changing and the kinds of debates we are having, the British and French and Germans are having as well.
Now, you commented, “But it's okay when Israel does it, right?” If you mean, do I believe it is ok to have a Jewish state, I would have to say that if I had been in charge of history, I would have made Israel a bi-national state. What the future will hold for Israel is not up to me. Demography in Israel is changing just as it is changing everywhere. The Arab and non-Jewish minority is growing as a percentage of the population and the conflict between fundamentalist Jews and secular Jews is a serious schism that is growing more serious and shows little sign of any peaceful resolution. I wish I had an answer, but I don’t. In short, I don’t think anything is right just because Israel does it.
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