Identity, Morality, and Threat
Studies in Violent Conflict
Published on 26. October 2006
Book
Hardback
420 pages
978-0-7391-1618-0 (ISBN)
Description
Identity, Morality, and Threat offers a critical examination of the social psychological processes that generate outgroup devaluation and ingroup glorification as the source of conflict. Dr. Daniel Rothbart and Dr. Karina Korostelina bring together essays analyzing the causal relationship between escalating violence and opposing images of the Self and Other. The essays confront the practice of demonizing the Other as a justification for violent conflict and the conditions that enable these distorted images to shape future decisions. The authors provide insight into the possibilities for transforming threat-narratives into collaboration-narratives, and for changing past opposition into mutual understanding. Identity, Morality, and Threat is a strong contribution to the study of identity-based conflict and psychological defenses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
829 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-1618-0 (9780739116180)
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Identity, Morality, and Threat
Studies in Violent Conflict
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Persons
Daniel Rothbart is associate professor of philosophy and associate professor of conflict analysis at George Mason University. Karina Korostelina is research professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: Identity, Morality, and Threat Chapter 2 The Texture of Threat Chapter 3 Identity Under Siege: Injustice, Historical Grievance, Rage, and the 'New' Terrorism Chapter 3 Moral Denigration of the Other Chapter 5 Identity Salience as a Determinant of the Perceptions of the Others Chapter 6 Humanitarianism and Intolerence: Two Contemporary Approaches to the Other Chapter 7 From Incorporation to Disengagement: East Timor And Indonesian Identities, 1975-1999 Chapter 7 Cultural Differences of Perception of the Other Chapter 9 Islamic Tradition of Nonviolence: A Hermeneutical Approach Chapter 10 "Good Violence" and the Myth of the Eternal Soldier Chapter 11 Gender and Violence: Redefining the Moral Ground Chapter 12 Psychocultural Interpretations and Dramas: Identity Dynamics in Ethnic Conflict Chapter 13 Coping with Collective Stigma: The Case of Germany Chapter 14 Reconciliation as Realpolitik : Facing the Brudens of History in Political Conflict Resolution