Killing in the Name of Identity: A Study of Bloody Conflicts

by Vamik D. Volkan

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"Why do they hate us so?" Vamik Volkan has the most compelling, humane, and universal response to the riddle of our time. In this extraordinary and timely book, Volkan explains better than anyone the relationship between large-group identities and massive traumas and current events and ongoing conflicts around the world, including those related to the horrific attacks of 9/11. In Killing in the Name of Identity , Volkan has taken us further, and deeper, into the dark and vulnerable collective mind of ethnic, religious, cultural, and national group conflict. Through his eyes and words, we find ourselves looking into and making contact with the universal elements present in humanity and in ourselves, which converge in producing the conditions for great human tragedies. No one understands nor writes about large-group terror and violence in a more compassionate and profoundly instructive way.
  • ISBN10 0972887571
  • ISBN13 9780972887571
  • Publish Date 1 April 2006
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 8 March 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Pitchstone Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 307
  • Language English