Two Abstracts for Posters Presented at Conferences of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society — 2013, 2014

As Human Sin or Social Sin is not published by a peer-reviewed publisher, it should be noted that two of the most important theses, the inversion of Platonism and the displacement of evil, and their basic elaborations, have gone through a scientific peer review. If someone does not want to cite Human Sin or Social Sin, these abstracts are published by HBES and can be cited for these ideas.
See below for poster abstracts.

Abstract - An Evolutionary Periodization of Modernism

Abstract for a poster presented at the conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Miami, Florida, 2013.
Poster Author: Paul Dachslager
Poster Title: An Evolutionary Periodization of Modernism

The psychology of status and rank is an important discipline within evolutionary psychology. It is also important in the history of political philosophy. Historically, mind and reason, in addition to military prowess, were viewed as the most important aspects of human nature.

Reason, the faculty of higher assessment, as shown by math, was viewed as the natural overseer of the appetites. Following Plato, this created a social value system that viewed ascetic people and intelligent elites as more respectable than hedonists and the dull lower classes—and thus more fit to rule in terms of interpersonal relations, culture, and politics. From the early modern period to about the early twentieth century, patterns of deference were established along these lines. With increasing popular sovereignty during the last two centuries, with sexual liberation, and the revolt against elitist reason, these patterns of deference were inverted.

Now ascetic people and sedate high culture are viewed as suspect, and so the idea is that the "uptight computer geeks" have to defer to their more natural, sexy, cathartic, and athletic "superiors." A corollary of this is that instead of sedate high culture leading nature and the cathartic body, now cathartic nature and the body lead high culture. "Party animal" now has positive connotations.

Abstract - From Virtue
to Politics

Abstract for a poster presented at the conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Natal,
Brazil, 2014.
Poster Author: Paul Dachslager
Poster Title: From Virtue to Politics

Traditionally, sex and the body were viewed as evil, and so bestial, shocking, and disgusting, but notions of class, gender, and race–or "society"–were viewed as good and legitimate. With sexual liberation, evil was displaced to the public sphere, creating the evil images of race, class, and gender, which were to be "purged" in the name of justice. As we were in a state of denial over sex, now we are in a state of denial over "society." As talking about sex caused embarrassment and consternation, now talking about the biology of society causes embarrassment and consternation. Most whites are penitents–so sorry for the sins of society. Shock and disgust are common responses to those promoting society. As it was a sure sign of compensatory virtue to deny the importance of sex, now it is surely virtuous to deny the importance of society and promote redemptive politics/social sciences.

Newt Gingrich uses the model in Understanding Trump (p. 107), Trump's America (1-40), and in his novel Collusion. President Donald Trump noted during a speech in Michigan, "The Democrats don't know why they believe what they believe."

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