American psychologist Arlene Audergon has been studying interethnic and interreligious conflicts for many years.
American psychologist Arlene Audergon has been studying interethnic and interreligious conflicts for many years. Based on the experience gained in Kosovo, Croatia, South Africa and other hot spots, she comes to a paradoxical conclusion: “The psychological raw materials for war are the qualities that we especially value — devotion, a sense of belonging and willingness to sacrifice, the desire to protect the weak, intolerance towards cruelty and the need to find the meaning of life and death. They become a breeding ground in which politicians skillfully germinate the seeds of intergroup hatred. Examining in detail the mechanisms that are used to do this, Audergon demonstrates how to avoid the traps set and resist manipulation.
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