Word: lorenze
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Destruction artists try to draw their esthetic justification on an odd mixture -the theories on aggression propounded by Austrian Naturalist Konrad Lorenz, Aristotle's idea of dramatic catharsis, and pop-psych. "We're all very hostile," says Ortiz. "The guy who beats his kid, the wife who has affairs. But art becomes a place where one can deal with the most chaotic problems without threatening one's emotional and physical well-being." Whatever the merits of destruction art, Ortiz's grasp of psychology is clearly sketchy, at least by Freudian lights. The master taught that both...
...Lorenz points out that men and rats share the dubious distinction of being the only carnivores with no innate inhibitions against attacking members of their own species. Early man was too weak to do so. But as he developed weapons, he learned to cherish the "warrior virtues" of truculent masculinity and pleasure in dominating others. Though he also developed moral restraints against killing, these are not natural and tend to collapse under stress. Seeking a really nonviolent community, anthropologists point with hope to the peace-loving pygmies of the Ituri rain forest in the Congo. Unlike other men, those "primitives...
...Konrad Lorenz, the Austrian-born naturalist, believes that human aggressiveness is the instinct that powers not only self-preservation against enemies but also love and friendship for those who share the struggle. Overcoming obstacles provides selfesteem; lacking such fulfillment, man turns against handy targets-his wife, even himself. Polar explorers, deprived of quarrels with strangers, often start to hate one another; the antidote is smashing some inanimate object, like crockery. Accident-prone drivers may be victims of "displaced aggression." The once ferocious Ute Indians, now shorn of war outlets, have the worst auto-accident rate on record...
Water for Indians. Today, at 29, Lorenz has a 130-member staff, maintains eleven offices. Most of the 35 lawyers who work under him are fresh out of law school and, like Lorenz, burning with idealistic fervor. Nearly a third of the work is focused on consumer and employment problems. Another third involves litigation against Government agencies, and the remainder centers on domestic relations and housing problems. In 1967 alone, C.R.L.A. has handled 9,516 cases, each involving an average of 2.5 persons, at an expenditure of only $38.50 per person...
...application form. C.R.L.A. asked for a hearing, and the welfare agency approved the application and made back payments. C.R.L.A. challenged the constitutionality of complex Internal Revenue Service requirements that are either incomprehensible or impossible to fulfill for Spanish-speaking Mexican-Americans. The IRS not only conceded but also asked Lorenz for help in hiring bilingual employees to explain its requirements...