Identity, Violence and Power : Mobilising Hatred, Demobilising Dissent

• Main Authors: Elcheroth, Guy. (Author), Reicher, Stephen. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: konflikty; etnické konflikty; sociologie politiky; identita; sociální identita; sociální paměť; conflicts; ethnic conflicts; political sociology; identity; social identity; social memory; elektronické knihy; monografie; případové studie; electronic books; monographs; case studies
• ISBN: 9781137317285
• Physical Description: XXVIII, 264 p. 7 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource.

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...