Killing others : a natural history of ethnic violence /

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This work explores why humans ruthlessly attack and kill people from other ethnic communities. Drawing on an array of cases from around the world and insight from a variety of disciplines, the text provides a simple yet powerful explanation that pinpoints the influential role of modernity in the gro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lange, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Ethnic conflict.
Ethnic conflict > History.
Conflits ethniques.
Conflits ethniques > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Minderheitenfrage
Rassismus
Gewalttätigkeit
Konflikt
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The nature and nurture of ethnic violence
  • Modernity and ethnic violence
  • Teaching peace or violence?
  • The origins of ethnic consciousness
  • The origins of ethnic pluralism
  • Emotional prejudice and ethnic obligations : motives of ethnic violence
  • States and ethnic violence : containing violence or instigating unrest?
  • From worst to first : declining ethnic violence in early modernizers
  • Modernity and ethnic violence in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
  • The future of ethnic violence.

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