Journal of Evolutionary Psychology articles from April 2006

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology archives from April 2006

Dedication.(Editorial)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... In June of 1979, the first issue of THE JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY was published by Paul Neumarkt, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief. In that issue, Dr. Neumarkt placed what he referred to as an "aphoristic statement" of Theodore Schroeder, the...

At the edge of contemplation.
April 1, 2006... "There is no worse neurosis than that which derives from a consciousness of guilt and an inability to reform." Anthony Burgess, "Is America falling apart?" "Do not rely completely on any other human being...We meet all life's greatest...

The Story of O: Shakespeare's Othello and the tragedy of Columbine.(Movie review)
April 1, 2006... This basketball film translates Shakespeare's tragedy Othello into the high school teen genre and gets its identity and impact from the fact that its plot, themes, and the motivations and actions of its characters are contemporary equivalents...

Summer raspberries.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... SUMMER RASPBERRIES Scarlet beauties Plucked in fragile Splendor Giving joy--sustenance In their being..... So lovingly--tender A brief enchanting Existence Only...

Wicked scientists and cursed genes: werewolf origin stories in 50s and 60s cinema.
April 1, 2006... Something of an afterthought during the heyday of horror cinema at Universal Studios, the Wolf Math as depicted by Lon Chaney, Junior, nonetheless became a major attraction for horror fans in the 1940s. While Universal had initiated the...

Composed in 1910.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... Composed in 1910 Rachmaninov's Concerto #2 A crystal brilliance In the perfection of the time The brightness of the New Century. The oboe tells the Truth Of the Age to come, Curried by the minor in the Piano...

Christmas Eve 12/24/04.(Poem)
April 1, 2006... Christmas Eve Christmas Eve 12/24/04. Many have lived this night In the face of enemy fire. Guns held ready To kill the enemy On this night of the Birth of Christ. On this night of the Birth of the Son of God...

The dialectics of space in Martin Recuerda's Las Salvajes and Carteles rotos.(Critical essay)
April 1, 2006... Although Martin Recuerda's Las Salvajes en Puente San Gil and Carteles rotos are politicized works of violence underscored by highly volatile confrontation on the brim of chaos, they develop their action within a constricting and often...

Who let the Grim Reaper get his hands on the remote control? The politics of violence, death, and dying on HBO.(Home Box Office Inc.'s television violence in "Six Feet Under")
April 1, 2006... Abstract The paper examines how cable network HBO has used various depictions of violence and death to market itself as a cultural icon. In light of recent world events, HBO's programming can be seen as a response to a television...

The Acanthocladous Syndrome part II.(Short story)
April 1, 2006... The Olympic Airlines Airbus A 340-300 landed in Athens, Greece, at about 10:10 A.M., twelve hours after having departed from New York's J.F.K Airport. With the flight arriving a few minutes earlier than scheduled, and having only a carry-on...

Not at the edge of contemplation.(Column)
April 1, 2006... I have used this segment of the Journal in the past to explore matters that we think we know, that somehow may have been misquoted or misconstrued, or that just do not seem to be true, but are in fact, just that. To begin with a little...