WorksReluctant Warriors: Israelis Suspended Between Rome and Jerusalem
Stories from elite combat unit citizen soldiers about how they became the men they are and how they balance the tension between soldierhood and being humane. These are stories of courage and humanity, of men who fight well and hard, yet prefer to be fathers, husbands and sons. They speak to George Washington's insistance that in a demoratic republic all citizens should serve in the army. Educating the Emotions: Bruno Bettelheim and Psychoanalytic Development
(New York: Plenum, 1992.) These essays look at various fields to which Bettelheim, a controversial figure in his lifetime and more so after, contributed and influenced. It includes a chapter on the nature of institutions, Bettelheim’s ideas about the cross-cultural phenomenon of womb-envy in men, the continuum from secrecy to privacy. Its focus is inner lives. Lives Across Time
by H. Massie and N. Szajnberg (Karnac, 2008.) This book compares in depth, in detail and life narrative the richness of the journeys in these children’s lives through their first thirty years. Massie and Szajnberg use both records of prospective interviews, retrospective accounts and their own interviews of the thirty-year olds to look at how they develop attachments, their victories and failures. These accounts are both heart-rending and uplifting. |
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