Identity matters : ethnic and sectarian conflict
"In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and war in Afghanistan, the Fulbright New Century Scholars program brought together social scientists from around the world to study sectarian, ethnic, and cultural conflict within and across national borders. As one result of their year of intense discussion, this book examines the roots of collective violence - and the measures taken to avoid it - in Burma (Myanmar), China, Germany, Pakistan, Senegal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Ukraine, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe." "Case studies and theoretical essays introduce the basic principles necessary to identify and explain the symbols and practices each unique human group holds sacred or inalienable. The authors apply the methods of political science, social psychology, anthropology, journalism, and educational research. They build on the insights of Gordon Allport, Charles Taylor, and Max Weber to describe and analyze the patterns of behavior that social groups worldwide use to maintain their identities." "Written to inform the general reader and communicate across disciplinary boundaries, this important and timely volume demonstrates ways of understanding, predicting and coping with ethnic and sectarian violence."--Jacket
Aufsatzsammlung
xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781845453084, 9781845453114, 1845453085, 1845453115
76937398
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction: Identity Matters Patricia M. Thornton Chapter 1. Ethnic Conflict and Civic Nationalism: A Model David Brown Chapter 2. Social Identity Matters: Predicting Prejudice and Violence in Western Europe Thomas F. Pettigrew Chapter 3. Readiness to Fight in Crimea: How It Interrelates with National and Ethnic Identities Karina V. Korostelina Chapter 4. Ethnic Identities of the Karen Peoples in Burma and Thailand Kwanchewan Buadaeng Chapter 5. European Attitudes toward Immigrants Thomas F. Pettigrew Chapter 6. Tibetan Identity in Today’s China Badeng Nima Chapter 7. Cross-Cutting Identities in Singapore: Crabgrass on the Padang James L. Peacock and Wee Teng Soh Chapter 8. The Casamance Separatist Conflict: From Identity to the Trap of “Identitism” Hamadou Tidiane Sy Chapter 9. Manufacturing Sectarian Divides: The Chinese State, Identities, and Collective Violence Patricia M. Thornton Chapter 10. Islam and the West: A Perspective from Pakistan Mohammad Waseem Conclusion: Ethnic and Sectarian as Ideal Types Patrick B. Inman and James L. Peacock Index