> That combination of policy and emotion, or policy and ideology, is what Lifton called an “atrocity-producing situation.”
> “Doubling” has helped me understand something about the people carrying out the genocide in Gaza.
> “Angry grief” has helped me understand those who defend it.
Impressive obituary of Robert Jay Lifton (1926-2025) in NYT.
"Grappling with the 20th-century inventions of #totalitarianism, #genocide and mass #atrocities, and #nuclear arms, great political and legal thinkers strove to define these phenomena and describe their mechanisms. Robert Jay #Lifton, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who died last Thursday at age 99, had a different goal...
He understood #totalitarianism not only as a system of domination but also as a source of comfort."
A tremendous loss. Lifton did foundational work on the psychological impacts of historical trauma, on both perpetrators and victims. His work engaged the experiences of the hibakusha in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, cult survivors, Nazi doctors and war crimes. A lifelong advocate against nuclear weapons.
https://dnyuz.com/2025/09/04/robert-jay-lifton-psychiatrist-drawn-to-humanitys-horrors-dies-at-99/
#Lifton #rewilding project breeds success
By Guy Boswell, 8th Feb 2025
"You do not expect #stork to be standing in a #WestDevon field, but the striking white birds are there in force.
"They are among several #endangered native species which are part of a project at Lifton, near #Broadwoodwidger, which returns birds and animals to the wild.
"The idea is to increase #biodiversity and enrich wildlife on rural land which is largely barren of animals and the food chain which supports them.
"Derek Gow runs the project under his business the Derek Gow Consultancy which specialises in water vole conservation, surveys, breeding and reintroduction and mitigation – among other protected British mammals and reptiles. He works with clients on the ethical mitigation of developments."
Source:
https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/lifton-rewilding-project-breeds-success-763145
#SolarPunkSunday #LiftonDevon #DevonEngland #DevonUK
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