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  • Blog 2: Understanding human nature

    Chimpanzee cub The initial perspective When we look at human nature, we come across two opposing perspectives: one that sees violence as a natural part of human nature that can be kept within limits using a variety of measures – and the other that assumes that people are naturally peaceful and that violence, when it…

  • Blog 1: Part 1, Trauma, violence and the Legacy of the Holocaust

    An examination of human nature that highlights the connection between trauma and violence and focusses on German history   …and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free John 8:32 Still from the film Das Vermächtnis/The Legacy   Blog 1.  Introduction The collective, institutional and industrialised violence of German National Socialism…