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The human potential for peace : an anthropological challenge to assumptions about war and violence
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ISBN: 0195181778 0195181786 Year: 2006

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In The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence, renowned anthropologist Douglas P. Fry shows how anthropology--with its expansive time frame and comparative orientation--can provide unique insights into the nature of war and the potential for peace. Challenging the traditional view that humans are by nature primarily violent and warlike, Professor Fry argues that along with the capacity for aggression humans also possess a strong ability to prevent, limit, and resolve conflicts without violence. Raising philosophy of science issues, the author shows that cultural beliefs asserting the inevitability of violence and war can bias our interpretations, affect our views of ourselves, and may even blind us to the possibility of achieving security without war. Fry draws on data from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and sociology as well as from behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology to construct a biosocial argument that challenges a host of commonly held assumptions. The Human Potential for Peace includes ethnographic examples from around the globe, findings from Fry's research among the Zapotec of Mexico, and results of cross-cultural studies on warfare. In showing that conflict resolution exists across cultures and by documenting the existence of numerous peaceful societies, it demonstrates that dealing with conflict without violence is not merely a utopian dream. The book also explores several highly publicized and interesting controversies, including Freeman's critique of Margaret Mead's writings on Samoan warfare; Napoleon Chagnon's claims about the Yanomam"o; and ongoing evolutionary debates about whether "hunter-gatherers" are peaceful or warlike. The Human Potential for Peace is ideal for undergraduate courses in political and legal anthropology, the anthropology of peace and conflict, peace studies, political sociology, and the sociology of war and violence. Written in an informal style with nume

The velvet glove : paternalism and conflict in gender, class, and race relations
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ISBN: 0520081137 0520207025 0585299919 Year: 1994 Publisher: Berkeley Los Angeles London University of california press

Cooperation and prosocial behaviour
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ISBN: 0521399998 0521391105 Year: 1991 Publisher: Cambridge [England] New York Melbourne Cambridge University Press

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Stéréotypes, discrimination et relations intergroupes
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ISBN: 2870095732 9782870095737 Year: 1994 Volume: 204 Publisher: Liège: Mardaga,

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Clichés sociaux --- Collectief bewustzijn --- Collectieve identiteit --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Comportements stéréotypes --- Conflict [Intergroup ] --- Conflict tussen groepen --- Conflit entre groupes --- Conscience collective --- Différence (sociologie) --- Gedrag [Stereotiep ] --- Gedragingen [Stereotiepe ] --- Groepen--Conflicten --- Groepsidentiteit --- Group identity --- Groupe [Identité de ] --- Groupes--Conflits --- Groups--Conflicts --- Identiteit (Psychologie) --- Identiteit [Sociale ] --- Identity (Psychology) --- Identity [Collective ] --- Identity [Community ] --- Identity [Group ] --- Identity [Social ] --- Identité (Psychologie) --- Identité collective --- Identité communautaire --- Identité de groupe --- Identité politique --- Identité sociale --- Identités collectives --- Idées reçues --- Intergroup conflict --- Intergroup relations --- Lieux communs --- Mental stereotype --- Personal identity --- Psychologie --- Relaties tussen groepen --- Relations [Intergroup ] --- Relations entre groupes --- Social identity --- Sociale identiteit --- Sociologie --- Stereotiep gedrag --- Stereotiepe gedragingen --- Stereotype (Psychologie) --- Stereotype (Psychology) --- Stereotyped behavior --- Stereotypen (Sociale psychologie) --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) --- Stereotyping (Social psychology) --- Stéréotype (Psychologie) --- Stéréotypes --- Stéréotypes (Psychologie sociale) --- Discrimination --- Relations intergroupes --- Social psychology --- Stéréotypes

Social Identifications : A Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations and Group Processes
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ISBN: 1280463155 9786610463152 0203135458 0415006953 1138134880 9780203135457 9780415006958 6610463158 0415006945 9780415006941 9781134986439 9781134986477 9781134986484 9781138134881 Year: 1998 Volume: 985 Publisher: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,

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The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970's and 1980's. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account of social identity theory as well as setting it in the context of other approaches and perspectives in the psychology of intergroup relations. They look at the way people derive their identity from the social groups to which they belong, and the consequences for their feelings, thoughts...

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