Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2002 · 439 citations · 0 references
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The book offers a sophisticated interdisciplinary analysis of key issues in identity and conflict. The study investigates how group-based identities relate to intergroup conflict, including their role in oppression, violence, and genocide, how conflicts reshape identities, and how social identity can be leveraged to reduce intergroup conflict.
How are group-based identities related to intergroup conflict? When and how do ethnic, religious, and national identities lead to oppression, violence, rebellion, war, mass-murder, and genocide? How do intergroup conflicts change people's identities? How might social identity be harnessed in the service of reducing conflict between groups? The chapters in this book present a sophisticated and detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the most topical and fundamental issues involved in understanding identity and conflict.