Social and political psychologists have attempted to reveal the
reasons why individuals and societies that acknowledge that peace
would improve their personal and collective well-being, and are
aware of the required actions needed to promote it, are simply
incapable of making this step forward. Some social psychologists
have advocated the idea that certain societal beliefs and
collective memories about the nature of the opponent, the in-group,
the history, and the current state of the conflict distort the
perceptions of society members and prevent them from identifying
opportunities for peace. But these cognitive barriers capture only
part of the picture. Could identifying the role of discrete
emotions in conflicts and conflict resolution potentially provide a
wide platform for developing pinpoint conflict resolution
interventions? Using a vast array of primary sources, critical
literature analysis, and firsthand personal experiences in various
conflict zones (Middle East, Cyprus, Bosnia, and Northern Ireland),
Eran Halperin introduces a new perspective on psychological
barriers to peace. Halperin focuses on various emotional mechanisms
that hamper peace processes, even when parties face real
opportunities for conflict resolution. More specifically, he
explores how hatred, anger, fear, angst, hope, despair, empathy,
guilt, and shame, combined with various emotion regulation
strategies, provide emotions-based explanations for people's
attitudinal and behavioral reactions to peace-related events during
the ongoing process of conflict resolution. Written in a clear and
accessible style, Emotions in Conflict offers a thought-provoking
and pioneering insight into the role discrete intergroup emotions
play in impeding, as well as facilitating, peace processes in
intractable conflicts. This book is essential reading for those who
study intractable conflicts and their resolutions, and those who
are interested in the 'real-world' implication of recent theories
and findings on emotion and emotion regulation.
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