Modern hatreds: the symbolic politics of ethnic war
'Symbolic politics', that is how existing beliefs about neighboring ethnic groups are used to justify violence, are traced in case studies arguing the following conditions as essential for communal violence: use of a preexisting reservoir of myths; the fear of being swamped by a…
Ethnic conflict has been the driving force of wars all over the world, yet it remains an enigma. What is it about ethnicity that breaks countries apart and drives people to acts of savage violence against their lifelong neighbors?Stuart Kaufman rejects the notion of permanent "a…
Kaufman begins by surveying the stories various reporters and analysts have told about the conflict in Yugoslavia. From these stories he unravels some underlying assumptions, then gleans insights from each type of analysis, and combines them into a more comprehensive explanation…
Kaufman begins by surveying the stories various reporters and analysts have told about the conflict in Yugoslavia. From these stories he unravels some underlying assumptions, then gleans insights from each type of analysis, and combines them into a more comprehensive explanation…
