Identity, Morality, and Threat offers a critical examination of the social psychological processes that generate outgroup devaluation and ingroup glorification as the source of conflict. Dr. Daniel Rothbart and Dr. Karina Korostelina bring together essays analyzing the causal relationship between escalating violence and opposing images of the Self and Other. The essays confront the practice of demonizing the Other as a justification for violent conflict and the conditions that enable these distorted images to shape future decisions. The authors provide insight into the possibilities for transforming threat-narratives into collaboration-narratives, and for changing past opposition into mutual understanding. Identity, Morality, and Threat is a strong contribution to the study of identity-based conflict and psychological defenses.

About the Author
Daniel Rothbart is associate professor of philosophy and associate professor of conflict analysis at George Mason University. Karina Korostelina is research professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780739116197
Author Daniel Rothbart
Format Paperback
Page Count 420
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 621g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 154mm * 31mm