Posted on 09/13/2007 1:10:16 PM PDT by bs9021
Heroic Academic Research
by: Malcolm A. Kline, September 06, 2007
Believe it or not, we came across some outside-the-box academic research that does not look that bad. “Temple University psychologist Frank Farley, following an intensive study of modern heroism, divided heroes into three types,” Roger Donway reports in the September issue of The New Individualist. “First are the soldiers, policemen, firemen, rescue workers—what Farley calls 911 heroes (referring to the emergency telephone number, not September 11).”
“They are, in a sense, professional heroes.” Acknowledging the heroic aspect of military service sets Farley apart from most of his peers. He must have tenure.
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
” If only Farley could interest the History Department in his study of the heroic, at Temple or anywhere else. The Founding Fathers might actually reappear in college courses.”
Amen
Pigs may fly, also.
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