{"product_id":"identity-violence-and-power-mobilising-hatred-demobilising-dissent-paperback","title":"Identity, Violence and Power: Mobilising Hatred, Demobilising Dissent - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuy Elcheroth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Reicher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a systematic examination of the re-patterning of collective identities through violence and the role of power politics in such critical transitions. The authors show how identity is created through shared social practices and how it is transformed when collective violence disrupts common practices. Three case studies show how this model sheds new light on the dynamics of religious violence in parts of India, on ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia, as well as on anti-war protest in the UK in reaction to the military invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores an alternative way of looking at conflict, and dissects the policies and processes that bring specific identities to the fore, taking seriously the capacity to resist and face abusive authority. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdentity, Violence and Power\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social psychology, history, political science and conflict studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a systematic examination of the re-patterning of collective identities through violence and the role of power politics in such critical transitions. The authors show how identity is created through shared social practices and how it is transformed when collective violence disrupts common practices. Three case studies show how this model sheds new light on the dynamics of religious violence in parts of India, on ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia, as well as on anti-war protest in the UK in reaction to the military invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores an alternative way of looking at conflict, and dissects the policies and processes that bring specific identities to the fore, taking seriously the capacity to resist and face abusive authority. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdentity, Violence and Power\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social psychology, history, political science and conflict studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy Elcheroth is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Pluralistic Memories Project, a cross-national research for development consortium, and Co-director of the Lausanne Life Course and Inequality Research Centre. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Reicher is Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857958568243,"sku":"9781349591299","price":55.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MXz_QwKmVb9781349591299.webp?v=1793575850","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/identity-violence-and-power-mobilising-hatred-demobilising-dissent-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}