Peace Psychology Book Series: Collective Experiences in the Former Yugoslavia

Spini, Dario; Elcheroth, Guy; Corkalo Biruski, Dinka

Collective experiences in the former Yugoslavia documents and analyses how social representations and practices are shaped by collective violence in a context of ethnic discourse. What are the effects of violence and what are the effects of collectively experienced victimisation on societal norms, attitudes and collective beliefs? This volume stresses that mass violence has a de- and re-structuring role for manifold psychosocial processes. A combined psychosocial approach draws attention to how most people in the former Yugoslavia had to endure and cope with war and dramatic societal changes and how they resisted and overcame ethnic rivalry, violence and segregation. It is a departure from the mindset that depict most people in the former Yugoslavia as either blind followers of ethnic war entrepreneurs or as intrinsically motivated for violence by deep-rooted intra-ethnic loyalties and inter-ethnic animosities.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2015-08-26

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781489988751

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7491-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 241