Be a Good Soldier

Be a Good Soldier

I am full of questions as to why violence, war, oppression continue to be such a part of humanity’s story. I mean to my mind they’re outdated, tiresome, pointless in their destruction. There’s no rhyme or reason to continue this way. So I set my sights on trying to figure out where all of this numbness to violence and massive aggression originates.

In my research into the leading minds of the pre-World War I and pre-World War II eras, I found a deep concern among literary masterminds with parenting and pedagogy. The way children were raised and educated were linked in disturbing ways to how they were either ideal cannon-fodder for wars or the ones who led in the realms of oppression and violence.

In my academic approach, I believe we are well-served by turning to intellectual luminaries to find out why and how we are failing, suffering, collapsing and learning from these leaders ways to parent, educate, and lead differently. This was my second book published by University of Toronto Press.