The September Dialogues

About the Book

Relationship issues at work resulted in our protagonist, Mr. M, or Bill for short, meeting a therapist ('Doc') for regular discussions. The September Dialogues summarize their talks. There are twelve dialogues, divided into three quartets.

The quartets' themes for exploring the linkages to human violence are:

• Group membership (male): its expectations, values, outcomes and behaviors
• Civilization: the pivotal role of violence in its structure and functioning
• Female: exploring whether human females in groups would behave similarly

First Quartet: Groups

How does human membership in groups influence their behaviour, including violence, as individuals?

Second Quartet: Civilization

How civilization still operates through its ancient structures and processes, including violence.

Third Quartet: Female

Exploring whether human females in groups would respond in the traditional ways, as well?

About the Author

Lee Doran is an environmental consultant and writer. For many years, he has been exploring the links between the various academic disciplines that study human nature. His latest foray along these lines was Are They Human Yet? (Trafford, 2001).