Global Conflict Resolution Through Positioning Analysis
Positioning analysis penetrates beneath surface issues to their underlying psychological causes and social effects, with the intention of defusing conflict and preventing existing conflict from escalating. As the growing literature shows, positioning anal
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Peace Psychology Book Series Series Editor: Daniel J. Christie, The Ohio State University, Marion, Ohio
GLOBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH POSITIONING ANALYSIS Edited by Fathali M. Moghaddam, Rom Harré and Naomi Lee
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Global Conflict Resolution Through Positioning Analysis Edited by
Fathali M. Moghaddam Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Rom Harré Oxford University, Oxford, UK and
Naomi Lee Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Editors Fathali M. Moghaddam Department of Psychology Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA 3700 O Street NW Washington 20057 301 B White-Gravenor Hall
Naomi Lee Department of Psychology Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA 3700 O Street NW Washington 20057 306 White-Gravenor Hall
Rom Harré Oxford University Linacre College St. Cross Road Oxford, UK OX13JA
ISBN: 978-0-387-72111-8
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-72112-5
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To Jerome S. Bruner
Series Foreword Although the UNESCO charter claims that “war begins in the minds of men” the discipline of psychology, which places human cognition center-stage, is often not explicitly acknowledged in academic programs on conflict and peace, nor among practitioners in international relations. The Peace Psychology Book Series recognizes that the successful pursuit of human security and well being in the 21st century requires transdisciplinary approaches that include psychologically-based theories and practices. During the past 20 years, peace psychology has emerged as a specialty in psychology with its own knowledge base, perspectives, concepts, advocates, and preferred methodologies. Peace psychologists seek to understand and promote cognitions, emotions, and actions that prevent and reduce violent episodes and mitigate the insidious form of violence called structural violence, which kills people slowly through the deprivation of human need satisfaction. It is fitting that the first book in the Peace Psychology Book Series focuses on
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