Photo by Robert G. McInerney. “I want the world to recognize, with me, the open door of consciousness.” — Frantz Fanon I was recently in the Tuscany region of Italy exploring the ancient walled-in cities (Volterra, San Gimignano). They are astonishing for many reasons, and despite the distracting and rampant tourism in some of them… Read more »
Author: Robert McInerney
A Brief Phenomenological Account of the Shooting Spree
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm; Oh your childhood cried out into your head “they mean to do you harm” −Bernie Taupin This brief essay is a section of a larger work entitled “The Thing Called Gun: A Phenomenology of a Shooting Spree.” I presented a paper on this… Read more »
On the Movement and Interrelation of Youth and Diversity
Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand ─Bob Dylan I’m interested in the thematic connection between two exciting and important movements in existential-humanistic psychology today: the youth movement (Bargdill, 2011) and the move toward diversity (Hoffman, Yang, Kaklauskas, & Chan, 2009).* Let us… Read more »