Psychology of nonviolence and aggression / V. K. Kool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kool, Vinod K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonviolence.

Aggressiveness.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Psychology of non-violence and aggression

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Exploring both nonviolence and aggression, this book considers the psychological characteristics underlying the point at which an individual opts to behave in either a violent or nonviolent manner when resolving a conflict. Kool draws on recent research to illustrate that whilst the control of violence is a reaction to aggression, nonviolence is, by contrast, an active behavior. Through empirical studies and a final chapter that looks at the increasing role of psychologists in measuring nonviolence in recent years, the book reveals how psychology informs our understanding of the differences between nonviolence and aggression. The book examines a wide survey of theories and examples, spanning ideas in cognition, motivation and personality that will provide readers with an engaging entry point to peace studies and conflict resolution.

Contents:

1 Understanding and Measuring Nonviolence 1

On the implications of studying nonviolence and violence together 2

Nonviolence and violence as passions 6

Nonviolence in academic psychology 7

Nonviolence: Its nature and definition 9

Nonviolence: A psychological perspective 15

Nonviolence and prospect theory 21

Measurement of nonviolence 24

Appendix The noviolence test (NVT) 29

The NVT code sheet 35

2 Human Aggression 36

The complex nature of human aggression 37

Types of aggression 37

Theories of aggression 40

Measurement of aggression 51

Suggested readings 57

3 Cognition and Self-control: The Engine and Brakes of Nonviolence 58

Information-processing approach to study cognition 59

On nonviolent cultures: Nonviolence as normative and internalized 63

Social identity theory (SIT): Tracking the social side of the cognition of nonviolence 68

Attributions and nonviolence 71

Self-control: The brakes of nonviolence 73

Moral dimension of nonviolence 76

4 Motivation: The Fuel of Nonviolence 88

Self-interest 89

Power orientation and nonviolence 93

Mutualism versus adversarialism: The vulnerability of being too psychological or sociological 97

Moral exclusion: Us-them dichotomy 100

Positive nonviolence in positive psychology: Exploring human strengths in nonviolence 101

5 The Nonviolent Individuals: Who Are They Like? 115

The nonviolent heroes: A psychological perspective 117

Resiliency: The ordinary magic of nonviolent individuals 120

Generativity 123

Ripeness 126

Psychology of wisdom 127

Anasakti 128

Components of the nonviolent personality 129

On violent behavior of nonviolent individuals and vice versa 130

6 Conflict Resolution 135

Levels of conflicts 138

Intra-individual conflict 138

Inter-individual, inter-group and inter-organizational conflicts 139

Protracted conflicts 142

Some early studies on conflicts 144

Cognitions: The drivers of conflict 150

Traditional negotiation 156

Principled or integrative negotiation: Toward a nonviolent approach to conflict resolution 156

School-based programs for the control of aggression and conflict resolution 168

Conflict resolution versus conflict management 172

Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) 174

Restorative Justice (RJ) 176

7 The Role of Psychology of Nonviolence in the 21st Century 180

Four levels of operation: Theory building, applications, applicability and applied 181

On examining the dimensions of relationship: Psychology of/in/and nonviolence 184

Approaching the levels of nonviolence 186

The culture of nonviolence and peace 187

Terrorism 191

Insights from classic researches in psychology 193

Need for an interdisciplinary approach 201

Structural violence and adversarialism 201

Some practical considerations 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780230545670

023054567X

0230545548

9780230545540

OCLC:

166625216