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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volkan, Vamik D., 1932- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict.

Genocide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : Pitchstone Publishing, 2006.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-939578-82-5

OCLC:

883570411