Identity Matters
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Identity Matters

Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Identity Matters

Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict

About this book

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.

Contributors: Badeng Nima, David Brown, Kwanchewan Buadaeng, Patrick B. Inman, Karina V. Korostelina, James L. Peacock, Thomas F. Pettigrew, Wee Teng Soh, Hamadou Tidiane Sy, Patricia M. Thornton, Mohammad Waseem.

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Yes, you can access Identity Matters by James L. Peacock, Patricia M. Thornton, Patrick B. Inman, James L. Peacock,Patricia M. Thornton,Patrick B. Inman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. Introduction: Identity Matters
  10. 1. Ethnic Conflict and Civic Nationalism: A Model
  11. 2. Social Identity Matters: Predicting Prejudice and Violence in Western Europe
  12. 3. Readiness to Fight in Crimea: How It Interrelates with National and Ethnic Identities
  13. 4. Ethnic Identities of the Karen Peoples in Burma and Thailand
  14. 5. European Attitudes toward Immigrants
  15. 6. Tibetan Identity in Today’s China
  16. 7. Cross-Cutting Identities in Singapore: Crabgrass on the Padang
  17. 8. The Casamance Separatist Conflict: From Identity to the Trap of “Identitism”
  18. 9. Manufacturing Sectarian Divides: The Chinese State, Identities, and Collective Violence
  19. 10. Islam and the West: A Perspective from Pakistan
  20. Conclusion: Ethnic and Sectarian as Ideal Types
  21. Index