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Most people hate someone or something in there life. I am not an exception to this. Hate is responsible for much of the problems we face. Today Islamic Extreamist are the primary purveyor's of hate. With that said, let me say that they do not have a monopoly on hate. I personally believe that hate and love are inherent in each of us. Most people have a healthy balance. Some however become consumed with hate. These people can sometimes have a life altering experiance that changes them forever. Like the loss of a loved one or an airplane flying into a building.
If we believe as Ruth Stein describes Kleinian theory as holding (Stein, 1990), that the inner world is made up of paired emotions, then love and hate are the basic pair. Others are envy and reparation. And if we believe that it is more desirable to experience life as a mixture than as extremes, then much of experience contains admixtures of love and hate. The belief that human nature is a mixture of good and evil and that we are born in sin or with destructive feelings is basic to the Judeo-Christian tradition, while libertarian dissenters such as Wilhelm Reich and some humanistic psychotherapists believe that we are basically good and only become aggressive from suffering traumatic experiences. It is important to stress that the Kleinian view of the origins of hate is different; experience matters, but strong feelings of love and hate are intrinsic to human nature. When extreme splits are overcome, when love and hate are tamed and moderated, we have a more benign form of their coexistence in the ambivalence experienced in the depressive position.
My question for you: Is hate human nature? or Is hate evil within us? ~ Sgt Rock
If we believe as Ruth Stein describes Kleinian theory as holding (Stein, 1990), that the inner world is made up of paired emotions, then love and hate are the basic pair. Others are envy and reparation. And if we believe that it is more desirable to experience life as a mixture than as extremes, then much of experience contains admixtures of love and hate. The belief that human nature is a mixture of good and evil and that we are born in sin or with destructive feelings is basic to the Judeo-Christian tradition, while libertarian dissenters such as Wilhelm Reich and some humanistic psychotherapists believe that we are basically good and only become aggressive from suffering traumatic experiences. It is important to stress that the Kleinian view of the origins of hate is different; experience matters, but strong feelings of love and hate are intrinsic to human nature. When extreme splits are overcome, when love and hate are tamed and moderated, we have a more benign form of their coexistence in the ambivalence experienced in the depressive position.
My question for you: Is hate human nature? or Is hate evil within us? ~ Sgt Rock
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