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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