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  • Philosophical Instruments

    Minds and Tools at Work

    by Daniel Rothbart ...
    The surprising roles of instruments and experimentation in acquiring knowledgeIn Philosophical Instruments Daniel Rothbart argues that our tools are not just neutral intermediaries between humans and the natural world, but are devices that demand new ideas about reality. Just as a hunter's new spear can change their knowledge of the environment, so can the development of modern scientific ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • State Domination and the Psycho-Politics of Conflict

    Power, Conflict and Humiliation

    by Daniel Rothbart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This book offers a detailed study of the psycho-politics of governmental manipulation, in which a vulnerable population is disciplined by contorting their sense of self-worth.In many conflict settings, a nation’s government exerts its dominance over a marginalized population group through laws, policies and practices that foster stark inequality. This book shows how such domination comes in the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Why They Die

    Civilian Devastation in Violent Conflict

    by Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina ...
    Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die, Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these questions through a systematic study of civilian devastation in violent conflicts. Pushing aside the simplistic definition of war as a ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Systemic Humiliation in America

    Finding Dignity within Systems of Degradation

    Edited by Daniel Rothbart ...
    This volume explores contemporary social conflict, focusing on a sort of violence that rarely receives coverage in the evening news. This violence occurs when powerful institutions seek to manipulate the thoughts of marginalized people—manufacturing their feelings and fostering a sense of inferiority—for the purpose of disciplinary control. Many American institutions strategically orchestrate this ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Identity, Morality, and Threat

    Studies in Violent Conflict

    by David G. Alpher, Sandra I. Cheldelin, S Ayse Kadayifici-Orellana, Joseph V. Montville, Marc H. Ross, Dennis J.D. Sandole, Peter N. Stearns, Lena Tan, Edward A. Tiryakian, Rom Harré ...
    Identity, Morality, and Threat offers a critical examination of the social psychological processes that generate outgroup devaluation and ingroup glorification as the source of conflict. Dr. Daniel Rothbart and Dr. Karina Korostelina bring together essays analyzing the causal relationship between escalating violence and opposing images of the Self and Other. The essays confront the practice of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Civilians and Modern War

    Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence

    Edited by Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, Mohammed Cherkaoui ...
    Series series War, Conflict and Ethics
    This book explores the issue of civilian devastation in modern warfare, focusing on the complex processes that effectively establish civilians’ identity in times of war.Underpinning the physicality of war’s tumult are structural forces that create landscapes of civilian vulnerability. Such forces operate in four sectors of modern warfare: nationalistic ideology, state-sponsored militaries, global ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding

    The Continuing Crisis in Darfur

    by Johan Brosché, Daniel Rothbart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This book examines the continuing devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan, from the perspective of a multiplicity of conflicts of distinct types.The crisis reached its peak in 2003–2004, when certain Arab militias joined forces with the Sudan armed forces in a campaign against insurgent resistance movements. Engulfed in the tumult, Darfurians experienced systematic slaughter, sexual violence, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Social and Psychological Dimensions

    by Neil J. Smelser ...
    Series series Science Essentials
    Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work?Neil Smelser begins by tackling ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict

    by Lester R. Kurtz ...
    The 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life.Building on the highly-regarded 1st edition (1999), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students ... Read more

    $1,597.49 USD

  • The Leadership Imagination

    An Introduction to Taxonomic Leadership Analysis

    by Donald R. LaMagdeleine ...
    Series series New Horizons in Leadership Studies series
    The field of leadership studies needs theory and research techniques that balance conventional science with the arts and humanities in order to capture leadership's moral dimension. Borrowing from Aristotle's account of the three types of knowledge, the author argues that leadership is an in-between form that combines craft-based skill with theoretical knowledge adapted for a specific situation's ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Manufacturing Phobias

    The Political Production of Fear in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Hisham Ramadan, Jeff Shantz ...
    Fear is a powerful emotion and a formidable spur to action, a source of worry and – when it is manipulated – a source of injustice. Manufacturing Phobias demonstrates how economic and political elites mobilize fears of terrorism, crime, migration, invasion, and infection to twist political and social policy and advance their own agendas.The contributors to the collection, experts in criminology, ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Media and Conflict

    Escalating Evil

    by Cees Jan Hamelink ...
    Series series Media and Power
    The world faces explosive conflicts about the distribution and scarcity of resources, about ethnicity and religion, and about the risks of urban life. These conflicts can easily spiral out of control toward mass slaughter-an evil of huge proportions that is often escalated by the media. What should be done to prevent this lethal trend? We need to understand how the 'spiral of escalation' works. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD