Identity Matters: Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict

Published by Berghahn Books 2007

Identity Matters

Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict

Edited by: James L. Peacock , Patricia M. Thornton and Patrick B. Inman

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857456892

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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.

Author / Editor information

James L. Peacock is Kenan Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the 2002 recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s Boas Award. His publications include: Grounded Globalism (University of Georgia Press, 2007), Pilgrims of Paradox (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), The Anthropological Lens (Cambridge University Press, 1986, 2001), and Rites of Modernization (University of Chicago Press, 1968, 1987).

Patricia M. Thornton is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and the author of Disciplining the State: Virtue, Violence, and State-Making in Modern China (Harvard University Press, 2007).

Patrick B. Inman is a freelance academic editor and independent historian.

James L. Peacock is Kenan Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the 2002 recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s Boas Award. His publications include: Grounded Globalism (University of Georgia Press, 2007), Pilgrims of Paradox (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), The Anthropological Lens (Cambridge University Press, 1986, 2001), and Rites of Modernization (University of Chicago Press, 1968, 1987).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Identity Matters Patricia M. Thornton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Ethnic Conflict and Civic Nationalism: A Model David Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Social Identity Matters: Predicting Prejudice and Violence in Western Europe Thomas F Pettigrew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. Readiness to Fight in Crimea: How It Interrelates with National and Ethnic Identities Karina V. Korostelina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. Ethnic Identities of the Karen Peoples in Burma and Thailand Kwanchewan Buadaeng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. European Attitudes toward Immigrants Thomas F. Pettigrew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6. Tibetan Identity in Today’s China Badeng Nima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
7. Cross-Cutting Identities in Singapore: Crabgrass on the Padang James L. Peacock and Wee Teng Soh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
8. The Casamance Separatist Conflict: From Identity to the Trap of “Identitism” Hamadou Tidiane Sy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
9. Manufacturing Sectarian Divides: The Chinese State, Identities, and Collective Violence Patricia M. Thornton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
10. Islam and the West: A Perspective from Pakistan Mohammad Waseem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Conclusion: Ethnic and Sectarian as Ideal Types Patrick B. Inman and James L. Peacock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 258
Keywords: Theory and Methodology; Peace and Conflict Studies

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Published: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 9780857456892