Description: “What compelled a group of soldiers to run into a barrage of automatic weapons during World War I? How did the kamikaze pilots come to believe their actions were warranted? Blood, sacrifice and so much more are discussed in this exciting podcast. 

Three of today's most exciting thinkers engaged in an animated discussion on the sources of societal violence. A theme emerged: political violence--viewed by some as a form of "male aggression"--may best be characterized as a desire for masochistic submission, to fuse with objects conceived as more powerful and more significant than human beings.

THE HAMMER

WARFARE AS ABJECT SUBMISSION On the radio with Richard Koenigsberg Howard Bloom and Chad Dougatz Richard A. Koenigsberg, author of:   Nations Have the Right to Kill  Hitler's Ideology Bloom is founder of THE HOWARD BLOOM INSTITUTE & author of  The Muhammad Code Click the links above for information on purchasing either of these titles. For information on purchasing The Muhammad Code, click the link above Koenigsberg stated that we value war as an opportunity to sacrifice for something greater than the self. Human beings submit to SACRED OBJECTS which endow life with meaning.  Invoking Horace, “It is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country,” Koenigsberg suggested that the sacrificial ideology of war is the “core of Western civilization.”  Sacrificial death functions to establish the reality of the object for which sacrifices are made.