The Social Psychology of Intractable Conflicts (eBook)

Keren Sharvit is a lecturer in the Program for Peace and Conflict Management Studies and the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa. She received her Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University in 2008 and completed postdoctoral training at the Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Management and Resolution, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park. Her research concerns societal belief systems that develop in times of intractable conflict and their role in assisting processes of coping with distress resulting from exposure to violence on the other hand and in facilitating avoidance of unpleasant emotional experiences resulting from harmful behavior toward the rivals on the other hand. In studying these processes her research touches on processes of motivated reasoning and emotion regulations and their societal implications in the context of intractable conflict. Her work on these topics has been published in journals such as JCR, JPR and EJSP.Eran Halperin is an associate professor at the new school of psychology at the IDC, Herzliya. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Haifa in 2007 (summa cum laude) and completed postdoctoral training (through a Fulbright Scholarship) at the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, in 2008. He serves as an associate editor of the international journal of Political Psychology and in 2012 was awarded the Erikson award for early career achievements in the field. Dr. Halperin’s main line of research focuses on the role of emotions and emotion regulation in determining public opinion towards peace and equality, on the one hand and towards war and discrimination, on the other. In addition, he is interested in the psychological roots of some of the most destructive political ramifications of intergroup conflicts (e.g., intolerance, exclusion and intergroup violence). The unique case of Israeli society in general and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular, motivates his work and inspires his thinking. His recent work on these issues has been published in Science. Additionally, in recent years, he has published articles in journals such as JPSP, JESP, Psychological Science, JCR, BJPS, Political Psychology and JPR.

Preface Eran Halperin and Keren SharvitPart 1 – Bar-Tal's Theory of Intractable Conflicts1. Intractable conflict – How can it be solved? The theory of Daniel Bar-Tal Janusz Reykowski2. Can there be a general theory of intractable conflict? Guy Elcheroth and Dario Spini Part 2 – Perspectives on Ethos of Conflict and Collective Memory3. “Ethos of conflict” and beyond: Differentiating social representations of conflict in different contextsChristopher Cohrs, Özden Melis Uluğ, Reşit Kıslıoğlu and Lea Stahel4. Ethos of conflict: A system justification perspective John T. Jost, Chadly Stern, and Joanna Sterling5. The collective remembering of conflict and its role in fueling an ethos of intractable conflict in society Dario Paez and James LiuPart 3 – Specific Societal Beliefs and their Implications6. Victims under siege: Lessons for Polish-Jewish relations and beyondJohanna Ray Vollhardt, Michal Bilewicz, and Mateusz Olechowski7. Conflict irresolvability and collective inaction in intractable intergroup conflictSmadar Cohen-Chen, Martijn van Zomeren and Eran Halperin8. Dealing with ingroup committed atrocities: Moral responsibility and group-based guilt Sabina Čehajić-ClancyPart 4 – The Emotional Aspect of Intractable Conflicts9. Fear and hope in intractable conflicts: The automatic vs. reflective bases of collective emotional orientation Maria Jarymowicz 10. Collective angst and intractable conflicts: How concern for the ingroup’s future vitality shapes adversarial intergroup relationsDarcy Dupuis, Roni Porat and Michael J. A. Wohl11. Expanding the toolkit: neuroimaging and intergroup conflict Emile BruneauPart 5 – From the Lab to the Field: Promoting Peace with Psychological Tools 12. Dismantling the ethos of conflict: Strategies for improving intergroup relations Linda Tropp13. Socio-psychological Barriers to Peacemaking and Overcoming Them: A Review of New Psychological InterventionsBoaz Hameiri and Eran Halperin14. Overcoming evil: Passivity and active bystandardship to prevent group violence and create caring communities and societies.Ervin Staub 15. Peace psychology and ‘intractable’ conflicts: Identifying peace building toolsLaura K. Taylor and Daniel J. Christie