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Cover -- The Social Psychology Of Collective Victimhood -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction To The Social Psychology Of Collective Victimhood: Examining Context, Power, And Diversity In Experiences Of Collective Victimization -- Part 1 -- 2. Transgenerational Transmission Of Collective Victimhood Through A Developmental Intergroup Framework: The Lasting Power Of Group Narratives Of Suffering -- 3. Collective Memory And The Legacy Of The Troubles: Territoriality, Identity, And Victimhood In Northern Ireland -- Part 2 4. The Context, Content, And Claims Of Humiliation In Response To Collective Victimhood -- 5. A Temporal Account Of Collective Victimization As Existential Threat: Reconsidering Adaptive And Maladaptive Responses -- 6. Collective Victimhood As A Form Of Adaptation: A World-systems Perspective -- 7. The Unifying Potential Of An Appraisal Approach To The Experience Of Group Victimization -- Part 3 -- 8. Studied And Understudied Collective Victim Beliefs: What Have We Learned So Far And What's Ahead? 9. Community Members' Theorization Of Their Collective Victimization: Deliberating The Dynamics To Islamophobia -- 10. In The Aftermath Of Historical Trauma: Perceived Moral Obligations Of Current Group Members -- Part 4 -- 11. Collective Victimhood Resulting From Structural Violence -- 12. Examining Collective Victim Beliefs Using Intersectionality -- 13. Resentment And Redemption: On The Mobilization Of Dominant Group Victimhood -- Part 5 -- 14. Experiencing Acknowledgment Versus Denial Of The Ingroup's Collective Victimization 15. A Critical Race Reading Of Collective Victimhood: The Precarious Case Of Black Americans -- 16. We All Suffered!-the Role Of Power In Rhetorical Strategies Of Inclusive Victimhood And Its Consequences For Intergroup Relations -- Part 6 -- 17. The Tendency To Feel Victimized In Interpersonal And Intergroup Relationships -- 18. Striking At The Core: A Unified Framework Of How C
This volume investigates the psychological mechanisms, social consequences, and political implications of collective victimhood within intergroup relations. Johanna Ray Vollhardt, a prominent researcher in the field of social psychology, curates a collection of scholarly contributions that examine how groups construct, maintain, and utilize narratives of past suffering. The text argues that collective victimhood is not merely a historical record but a dynamic social force that shapes contemporary identity, power structures, and intergroup conflict.
What You Will Find
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Experts identify this work as a comprehensive academic resource for understanding the complexities of group-based identity and conflict. Readers frequently note the high level of academic density and the rigorous, multi-disciplinary approach applied to the study of collective victimhood.
Page Count:
408
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190875208
ISBN-13:
9780190875206