Prometheus and the Burnt Child (tags)
One's own violence is repressed from consciousness as legitimate counter-force against unjust power since aggression is only seen in the ppowerful enemy.
Offensive and Defensive Aggression: Herbert Marcuse (tags)
In this 1970 interview in the midst of the Vietnam aggression, Marcuse insists that affirmation of life is the distinction between offensive and defensive aggression. The phy-sician cutting off a leg and a pilot ordering passengers are defensive aggression.