Identity, Morality, and Threat Studies in Violent Conflict

by Rothbart, Daniel; Korostelina, Karina V.; Alpher, David G.; Cheldelin, Sandra I.; Harre, Rom; Kadayifici-Orellana, S Ayse; Montville, Joseph V.; Ross, Marc H.; Sandole, Dennis J.D.; Stearns, Peter N.; Tan, Lena; Tiryakian, Edward A.

• ISBN13: 9780739116180
• ISBN10: 0739116185
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-26
• Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

Summary

iIdentity, Morality, and Threat Studies in Violent Conflicti 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. Karyna Korostelina bring together essays analyzing the causal relationship between escalating violence and opposing images of the Self and Other.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction: Identity, Morality, and Threat	p. 1
Threat Narratives and Collective Axiology
The Texture of Threat	p. 19
Moral Denigration of the Other	p. 29
Identity Under Siege: Injustice, Historical Grievance, Rage, and the 'New' Terrorism	p. 59
Identity Salience as a Determinant of the Perceptions of the Others	p. 101
Multiple Value-Systems
Humanitarianism and Intolerance: Two Contemporary Approaches to the Other	p. 129
Cultural Differences of Perception of the Other	p. 147
From Incorporation to Disengagement: East Timor and Indonesian Identities, 1975-1999	p. 177
Islamic Tradition of Nonviolence: A Hermeneutical Approach	p. 211
The Dynamics of Collective Axiology
"Good Violence" and the Myth of the Eternal Soldier	p. 241
Gender and Violence: Redefining the Moral Ground	p. 279
Psychocultural Interpretations and Dramas: Identity Dynamics in Ethnic Conflict	p. 301
Coping with Collective Stigma: The Case of Germany	p. 329
Reconciliation as Realpolitik: Facing the Burdens of History in Political Conflict Resolution	p. 367
About the Authors	p. 393
Index	p. 401
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