Journal of Evolutionary Psychology articles from August 2002

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology archives from August 2002

At the edge of contemplation: "knowledge" and "love" two important issues of life.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Knowledge itself is not essential. Essential is how human beings use knowledge. Albert Einstein Throughout history, women have often been treated as inferior. The German psychiatrist Carl Jung represents women as "Eros" and men as...

"Can the tide be shifted?: transgressive sexuality and war trauma in Pat Barker's regeneration trilogy".(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2002... Concerned with the lingering effects of traumatic history, the contemporary British writer Pat Barker examines the complex interconnections of trauma, recovery, war and sexuality in her World War I trilogy, Regeneration (1991), The Eye in the...

Triangulation. (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... Triangulation In the beginning one does not count on ending limitless tomorrows if counted would end More days pass the horizon however far is foreshortened by more days ...

You can't get there ... (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... You can't get there... There is a di lemma in reaching oneness the self experiencing must disappear no longer aware transcendence has occurred This dis ease is logical our...

What the words have to say. (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... What the words have to say What the words have to say As my pencil scratches across the page in an effort to nail down what I think I have to say language speaks for itself the sentence having a mind of its...

A Culture Consumed. (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... A Culture Consumed I shop therefore lam a creature getting and spending I lay waste my soul I have disappeared into consumptive habits which are invisible as the air ...

Henry Hippopotamus. (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... HENRY HIPPOPOTAMUS I was in my cage one day, minding my own business when a woman looked at me and said with a laugh "That's a face only a mother could love." I haven't gotten to meet my mother yet so I don't know if...

No One's Home. (Six Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... No One's Home America is a figment of our imagination a way of being not an address or destination Once who we were our glow the lure for darkness suppressing their souls ...

Decline in the use of legal and illegal drugs in the United States, 1972-1990, and the subsequent drop in crime.
August 1, 2002... Throughout history, humans have engaged in methods to change, temporarily, their consciousness. Children spin around, inducing an apparently pleasant state of dizziness. Adolescents and adults will sometimes use drugs, either legal ones such as...

Existence. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... EXISTENCE Does the flower sense the rain-filled cloud? Does the tree imploringly spread its thirsty leaves in vain? Is the shore forever yearning fondly to embrace the rushing tide? Is Natture's cycle the vanity of...

The Road. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... THE ROAD Endless streets cross my way of life, Crossroads everywhere-- I'm slowing my hasty steps to make decisions. Which is the road I aim to follow? Flaming wisps of light distract my view, Flare up like...

The Magic Word. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... THE MAGIC WORD Oh, if I could adorn in words What stirs me deep within my soul. Even if it were a single thought, A word that mellows, giving rise to meaning. When in the midst of night's deep slumber A dream's...

Destiny. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... DESTINY When the water of the river Flees, descending from its source To embrace the waiting ocean, It is swallowed in its course. For the river is the lover, And the ocean the beloved. Rushing tide and...

The World In Upheaval. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... THE WORLD IN UPHEAVAL As men we cane into this world. We fancied not yet spirit's twofold destiny, That shapes man's unknown destiny, To his own glory oft, yet to disgrace more often. As men we come into this world,...

Song Without Words. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... SONG WITHOUT WORDS I thank you for the sun you give me every morning, the stars, the moon that light my road at night, for every bit of pleasure life affords me; it's but a gift from you, I cherish and I love no end....

Etude In Do Re Me. (Seven Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... ETUDE IN DO RE ME My love's like morning dew in spring, refreshing and re-viving; My love's a lulling summer's breeze, breath-taking and caressing; My love's the fragrant autumn hue, colorful, resplendent; My...

My magnificent insignificance.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... As some members of The Journal of Evolutionary Psychology may note this author has occasionally contributed thoughts or quotations to "On The Edge of Contemplation". One of these quotations had been floating around in my mind lately, in regard...

From strange interlude to strange snow: a study of the absent character in drama.(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2002... Ever since Oedipus Rex, absent characters have played an important part in dramatic construction. Many dramas are built around the quest for such an absent character. For example, the dead fathers in Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, and Ghosts are all...

Understanding torture and torturers.
August 1, 2002... Introduction Humans have evolved to be able to engage in helpful or hurtful behavior. Evolutionary psychology knows about helpful behavior such altruism, and hurtful behavior such as typical aggression (Palmer & Palmer, 2002). But, what...

A Not So Childish Wish. (Two Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... A NOT SO CHILDISH WISH The Aftermath of Beloved family members dying, (our loyal pets are included), seem to leave us wordless: As if silence could assuage the sorrow and pain. My precious grandson Kristofer ...

It's a Bird Thing. (Two Poems).(Poem)
August 1, 2002... IT'S A BIRD THING An optimistic sunny spring day Robin Red Breast tugging on a Rose bush tie-back cord Baby bird mimicking mommy in syncopation Peck-tug-Pull in unison Peck-tug-Pull No success...

In their death they were not divided": literary death as liberation.(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2002... Why did so many female heroines of nineteenth and early twentieth century novels die? They drowned, withered away or committed suicide in drives. Those who lived often went insane, rattling around in attics or losing themselves in the...

She had the last laugh: the true story of Murasaki Shikibu as told by Lady Dainagon.(Short Story)
August 1, 2002... In the end, I knew that she had the last laugh. How was this possible? He had everything on his side. He was the most powerful man in the country. He was Prime Minister, rich, virile, supremely self-confident. He managed to arrange that his...

"I'm not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman!": the significance of names and numbers in Death of a Salesman.(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2002... In Death of a Salesman, Miller's poetic use of demotic English, the level of language which characters speak and which describes their actions and environment, creates the play's tragic dimension. (1) To achieve the depths of tragedy, Miller...

Verwandlung und ubersetzung: metamorphosis, translation and the poetry of Nelly Sachs.(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2002... Poetic translation is more than opening a bilingual dictionary and substituting one word for another. Inevitably, such clumsy attempts return stanzas whose true soul is lost in the translation. Before undertaking a serious study of a foreign...

Rhodes, Gillian and Leslie A. Zebrowitz, eds. Facial Attractiveness: Evolutionary, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives.
August 1, 2002... Westport, Conn: Ablex Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-56750-636-4. Readers might expect that a book entitled Attractiveness: Evoluionary, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives would make for interesting reading. However, while this book is...