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Olson: Commencement 2012
Znet Article, May, 13 2012
Gary Olson
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My dangerous idea for the class of 2012 is that Green Capitalism is a howlingly, preposterous, oxymoron
Olson: Masculinity, Militarism and Empathy
Znet Article, June, 15 2011
Gary Olson
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Kathleen Barry’s Unmaking War, Remaking Men
Olson: Awakening From Obama's Seductive Spell
Commentary, April, 12 2011
Gary Olson
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President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, expected to cost more than $1 billion, is underway.
Olson: Washington’s Egyptian Nightmare
Commentary, January, 28 2011
Gary Olson
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As I watch events unfolding on the streets of Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and elsewhere in the region I'm reminded of a summer I spent in Egypt studying Arabic language and Middle East politics at The American University in Cairo.
Olson: Cuban Internationalism As Engaged Empathy
Znet Article, December, 29 2010
Gary Olson
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Cuban internationalism is the most compelling large-scale example we have of empathic solidarity.
Olson: Empathy & Neuropolitics
Znet Article, June, 26 2010
Gary Olson
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Mirror neurons, the brain cells believed to be the basis for empathy, have recently been identified in the human brain. And yet we’re left to explain the disjuncture between this deep-seated, pre-reflective, moral intuition and the paucity of act...
Olson: Jeremy Rifkin’s The Empathic Civilization and P.W. Singer’s Wired for War
Znet Article, February, 09 2010
Gary Olson
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Two recent books on the future, both seeking to interpret selected aspects of a rapidly moving, technologically complex world, are each deeply flawed but well worth examining for what's missing.
Olson: Frans de Waal’s Age of Empathy: A Review and Critique
Znet Article, October, 12 2009
Gary Olson
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Reviewing Frans de Waal’s The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons For A Kinder Society
Olson: Empathy Marketing 101
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Gary Olson
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Not infrequently the most convincing testimony to the veracity and potential power of new scientific discoveries is when they're embraced -- for profit-driven motives -- by corporate America. Today the incandecent mantra in business and advertis...
Olson: The Emotional Power of Photography
Znet Article, April, 03 2008
Gary Olson
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In his recent book, The Slave Ship, maritime historian Marcus Rediker documents the role played by emotional and especially visual appeals in ending the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Olson: We Empathize, Therefore We Are: Toward A Moral Neuropolitics
Znet Article, January, 18 2008
Gary Olson
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In his magisterial study, The Slave Ship, maritime historian Marcus Rediker has documented the role played by emotional and especially visual appeals in ending the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Not unlike the structural violence endemic to global c...
Olson: Hard-Wired for Moral Politics:
Znet Article, May, 20 2007
Gary Olson
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Hard-Wired for Moral Politics:
Olson: The Very Rich are Different from You and Me F. Scott Fitzgerald
Znet Article, May, 01 2007
Gary Olson
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The Very Rich are Different from You and Me F. Scott Fitzgerald
Olson: "Execution Class"
Zmag Article, March, 01 2007
Gary Olson
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I n October 1987 we mailed a 32-page brochure to 40,000 people, asking them to suscribe to a new radical magazine covering a wide range of topics and featuring over 35 regular writers fro...
Olson: Whither Diversity?
Znet Article, January, 10 2007
Gary Olson
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In my experience it's a rare college faculty meeting where someone fails to speak out on behalf of cultural diversity, multiculturalism, or "inclusiveness," often but not exclusively in terms of racial diversity within the student bo...
Olson: Commencement 2006
Znet Article, May, 15 2006
Gary Olson
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(Note: Each year, Moravian College's senior class selects a faculty member to give the Commencement address. The following remarks were offered on May 13, 2006). President Rokke, Pam Rokke, honored guests, faculty colleagues, friends, parents, ...
Olson: Calling Out (and to) Homophobes
Znet Article, January, 19 2006
Gary Olson
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The other day I was involved in an animated conversation with half a dozen people and the subject briefly turned to the film, Brokeback Mountain. Someone at the group's fringe, a person who had not seen the film, smirked and and uttered words to t...
Olson: Scapegoating Human Nature
Znet Article, December, 30 2005
Gary Olson
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Here is today's short answer essay question: Given human nature, there will always be war, aggression and conflict. Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. For many years I've begun my introductory political science course with thi...
Olson: Music, Meetings and Markets
Znet Article, July, 05 2005
Gary Olson
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As a consequence of Live 8 pop stars performing around the world, the G8 about to gather in Scotland and widespread protest actions, issues of global injustice are again in the news. This revival of attention is certainly a hopeful sign but to hav...
