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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807679603321

Autore

Volkan Vamik D. <1932->

Titolo

Killing in the name of identity : a study of bloody conflicts / / Vamik Volkan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , 2006

ISBN

1-939578-82-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict

Genocide

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Massive trauma in the republic of Georgia -- Three generations at the Golden Fleece -- Waiting ten years to mourn or not mourn -- More on refugees and their linking objects -- "Have you read Sophie's Choice?" -- From natural disasters to ethnic cleansing -- AWON and four thousand gold stars -- "Hot places," memorials, apologies, and forgiveness -- The Bataan death march and animal killings -- The political ideology of entitlement and "chosen," "acute," and "hot" traumas -- From formal to unofficial diplomacy : an overview -- From theory to practice : the tree model -- A Fourth of July party with heavy artillery fire.

Sommario/riassunto

"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