"Overcoming Evil describes the origins or influences leading to genocide, violent conflict and terrorism. It identifies principles and practices of prevention, and of reconciliation between groups after violence, or before violence thereby to prevent violence. It uses both past cases such as th...

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1. Verfasser:	Staub, Ervin (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2011
Schlagworte:	Conflict management Genocide Violence Aggressiveness Social groups Gewalt Konfliktregelung Politik Massenmord Völkermord
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Zusammenfassung:	"Overcoming Evil describes the origins or influences leading to genocide, violent conflict and terrorism. It identifies principles and practices of prevention, and of reconciliation between groups after violence, or before violence thereby to prevent violence. It uses both past cases such as the Holocaust, and contemporary ones such as Rwanda, the Congo, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, contemporary terrorism, and the relations between the Dutch and Muslim minorities, which also has relevance to other European countries, as examples. The book draws on the author's previous work on all these issues, as well as on research in genocide studies, the study of conflict and of terrorism, and psychological research on group relations. It also describes the work of the author and his associates in real world settings, such as promoting reconciliation in Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. The book considers what needs to be done to prevent impending or stop ongoing violence.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-550) and indexes Introduction. I. origins, prevention, reconciliation -- Introduction. II. early and late prevention: the costs of violence, evil and goodness -- Part I: The Origins of Mass Violence: The sources of conflict between groups and primary examples; Instigating conditions: starting points of mass violence; Psychological and societal/group processes that arise from instigating conditions; Learning by doing in individuals and groups: the evolution of extreme violence; Internal and external bystanders: their passivity, complicity, and role in the evolution of violence; Cultural/societal characteristics that make hostility and violence more likely; Perpetration and the perpetrators; Understanding the woundedness/psychological transformation of all parties in mass violence. -- Part II. Prevention and Reconciliation: Introduction and late prevention; Promoting understanding, healing and reconciliation in Rwanda; Constructive responses to difficult life conditions and conflict, preventive diplomacy and dialogue; Developing positive orientation to the "other": humanizing and contact with the other; Beyond "us" and "them": constructive ideologies and groups, common identities, inclusive caring, and pluralism; Changing hearts and minds: information, peace education, deradlicalization, and public education in Rwanda and the Congo; The potential and power of active bystanders: ditizens, leaders, nations, the international system; Generating constructive action by leaders and citizens, creating structures for prevention; Healing/psychological recovery and reconciliation; Other elements of reconciliation: complex truth, collective memory, shared history and justice; Forgiveness, healing and reconciliation; Raising inclusively caring, morally courageous children and altruism born of suffering; Recommendations and conclusions
Beschreibung:	XII, 581 S.