WHO ARE THE «HUMAN ANIMALS»???

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This formulation by Israeli leaders shocked everyone! In the history of conflicts, it is
habit of dehumanising the opponent...Religion was long used in this
but. Now, «downgrading» to the animal kingdom can work too. But the
concept is interesting and invites you to dwell on it.
What is a human? A primate (we share 99% of DNA with the
chimpanzee) but having access to extremely developed abstract thought and
ability to leave a mark. Animals can make tools, have
unspoken rules, but to my knowledge no species leaves a legacy
cultural or constructions intended to last through the generations.
It is therefore this questioning of the world that makes this primate a human. These
questions and their associated answers thus form a culture.
And these cultures can be divided into a typology of 3 categories :
– Animist cultures where the answers and questions are in the link with the
Nature, living forms and community.
– Abrahamic religions where the answers and the questions are in the books
holy
– Asian traditions where the questions and answers are in the experience
subjectives of life itself.
Animist peoples form vulnerable communities, since too
sensitive to the connections with their environment. The Abrahamic peoples can
to be perceived as most frequently violent (one only needs to consult a map of
conflicts in world history) because problems are resolved according to the analysis of
texts. The worship of science and its excesses in Western countries and the
social credit that this grants is very close to that which the devout had, ago
A few centuries. Industrial development has rendered beliefs obsolete
since requiring stronger implications of rationality. Intelligence
collective in Asia generates a situation where everyone is responsible for themselves and
others.
The humanity of animist peoples is simple, but not devoid of common sense. It is
the quintessence of an authentic relationship with Nature, in all its forms. The
Inuits have several words to define snow, so we can imagine that peoples
animists are able to make distinctions within the living world that escape us.
The Abrahamic peoples in their worldviews actually encounter a
major problem, that of interpretation. the Torah and the
Talmud, the different streams of Christianity... So this leads to a lot
of internal squabbles over a highly intellectualised view of the world.
Asian ways of thinking provide a framework and everyone manages within that
Finally. Buddhism or Hinduism can just as well be religions as psychotherapies.
There is therefore a high degree of diversity among humans in achieving this abstract thought
highly developed …. And the fundamental human anxieties are the same. To want
Knowing the future, oracles and other divination arts have always worked well, ,
wanting to be loved and recognised, and being afraid of death.
Also, humans have found various ways to access answers. And I don't
no doubt geographical determinism played a part in it …. The immensity
geography of Asia lent itself better to a major internal effort, so the
incessant quarrels of the peoples of the Middle East certainly called for
the existence of a creator God, a patriarchal and pacifying figure.
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama used to say: «It is better to be a good Christian than a
bad Buddhist.
What is an animal? A living being devoid of this abstract thought, ,
founder of cultures …. One can imagine that an animal's consciousness rests
primarily on its homeostasis. The reactions of the sympathetic system and
parasympathetic systems must include fight, flight and fear. The absence of Self in
an animal, just like in a small child, make the relationship more authentic and more
emotion-based.
Emotions are often frowned upon in Abrahamic religions where
identification with abstract thought is very important ….. «I think, therefore I am», I
think whose I am
This identification with abstract thought can lead to the generation of a SUPEREGO of a
Great importance! The integration of many moral values and rules
nuns can project a very positive image of themselves. And thus
making the other person inaudible ….
Therefore, the form of this abstract thought may in fact have more of an impact
emotional towards others, simply because the other person is no longer accessible.
Abstract thought can become an end in itself …….in the way we look at things
the world. And in the way we manage interactions …..
So, for someone with an overactive superego, a human animal could
to simply be an epicurean or someone who expresses their frustrations and their
resentments in a chaotic or brutal manner. .
The term «human animal» is resolutely evolutionist, resolutely
Abrahamic! But deep down, it doesn't make much sense.....