[1] He has likewise argued that patriotism is a functional necessity in any stable biological or social system, and that patriotism is generated in large-scale human societies through the orchestration of psychological mechanisms that evolved originally under very different conditions.
[2] He says that loyalty to ethnic groups—as well as the nationalism that often grows out of such loyalty—is achieved through orchestrating these same mechanisms.
In the latter capacity, he organized association conferences in Boston, Atlanta, Washington DC, and Charleston.
[7] Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.
Johnson is currently at work on an overview book on the evolutionary origins of government and politics.