| Description |
1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Georgia on My Mind; 1. Massive Trauma in the Republic of Georgia; 2. Three Generations at the Golden Fleece; 3. Waiting Ten Years to Mourn or Not Mourn; 4. More on Refugees and Their Linking Objects; 5. "Have You Read Sophie's Choice?"; Part II: Societal Trauma and Transgenerational Transmissions; 6. From Natural Disasters to Ethnic Cleansing; 7. AWON and Four Thousand Gold Stars; 8. "Hot Places, "Memorials, Apologies, and Forgiveness; 9. The Bataan Death March and Animal Killings |
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10. The Political Ideology of Entitlement and "Chosen," "Acute," and "Hot" TraumasPart III: Identities Side by Side: Is Coexistence Possible?; 11. From Formal to Unofficial Diplomacy: An Overview; 12. From Theory to Practice: The Tree Model; 13. A Fourth of July Party with Heavy Artillery Fire; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
"Why do they hate us so?" Vamik Volkan has the most compelling, humane, and universal response to the riddle of our time. In this extraordinary and timely book, Volkan explains better than anyone the relationship between large-group identities and massive traumas and current events and ongoing conflicts around the world, including those related to the horrific attacks of 9/11. In Killing in the Name of Identity, Volkan has taken us further, and deeper, into the dark and vulnerable collective mind of ethnic, religious, cultural, and national group conflict. Through his eyes and word |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnic conflict.
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Genocide.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Ethnic conflict
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Genocide
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Minderheitenfrage
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Völkermord
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006004211 |
| ISBN |
9781939578822 |
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1939578825 |
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9780985281595 |
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0985281596 |
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