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The Impulse to Dominate

HARDING, Denys C. W. The Impulse to Dominate. Pp. 256. G. Allen & Unwin: London, 1941. Print. Impressive manuscript; direct from the Library of Congress. Propaganda, Public Relations, the roots of Psychological Warfare; and the founding philosophy of MKULTRA project. Quotes heavily from Lasswell, in addition to FC Bartlett, (and M. Sherif,) regarding 19th, and early 20th century studies of Propaganda during wartime (World War I, aka War of 1914), from a psychological [warfare] point of view. Today this field could also be described as Counterinsurgency (COIN) warfare techniques. Interesting because it is the first of it's kind, in a field which today is known as Counter-terrorism; (who's works are legion.) {Best Copy Available} ---- "All social intercourse is cast in the mould of self-assertion and self-submission" [Allport's A-S scale] "they are relationships which occur only when differences arise, of opinion, intention, judgement, taste," the self-assertive or dominative person is one who expects that in such a case he will give way less than the other. self-assertion is not achieved solely by force. "true equality in a social contact was implied in the idea of "primitive comrad

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