Violent America : the dynamics of identity politics in a multiracial society / Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane, author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States.

Violence.

Identity politics--United States.

Identity politics.

Ethnic conflict.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia counterintuitively analyzes why and how various ethnoracial groups proactively and instrumentally use different forms of violence to achieve their goals. Combining a historical analysis spanning the centuries with an examination of contemporary problems, she considers how and why ethnoracial groups can be both perpetrators and victims of violence, why some minority groups react differently to violence in comparable situations, and what the consequences are today for politics in both America and Europe.

Contents:

Violence as a Pro-active Response to Adversity

Violence as a Cause of Ethno-racial Identities

From Past to Present Ethno-racial Identification Strategy

The Dynamics of Contention

Two Tales of One Nation

From Identity Politics to Ethno-racial Identity Crisis

Centrifugal Dynamics of Societal Fragmentation

Is a Violent Society America's only Possible Future?

Is Violent America Europe's Future?

Conclusion: Lessons for the Future.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2023).

ISBN:

1-5017-6756-9

1-5017-6758-5

OCLC:

1321077820