Identity, Violence and Power: Mobilising Hatred, Demobilising Dissent

by Guy Elcheroth, Stephen Reicher, Stephen D. Reicher, et al.

Book Overview

This 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349591297
• ISBN13: 9781349591299
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"