Threat, Dehumanization, and Support for Retaliatory Aggressive Policies in Asymmetric Conflict

By Ifat Maoz, C. McCauley. 2008

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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The Making of Violent Extremists (2018, background): “…with other findings demonstrating that certain meaning frameworks may appeal to some because of their coherence and clarity, and thus higher possible epistemic rewards (Hogg & Adelman, 2013; Heine et al., 2006; Hogg, Meehan, & Farquharson, 2010; Maoz & McCauley, 2008; Proulx & Inzlicht, 2012).”
Socio–Psychological Barriers to Peace Making: The Case of the Israeli Jewish Society (2010, background): “Maoz and McCauley (2008) found that de-humanization of the Palestinians led Israeli Jews to support aggressive actions toward them instead of possible constructive political solutions (see also Hammack, Pilecki, Caspi, Strauss, & Ruber, 2008).”
Emotional Barriers to Peace: Emotions and Public Opinion of Jewish Israelis About the Peace Process in the Middle East (2011, background): “g, Long & Brecke, 2003 ; Petersen, 2002 ; Staub, 2005 ; Volkan, 1997 ) and a few empirical investigations (eg, see Maoz & McCauley, 2005 , 2008 ) have been conducted in an attempt to point to the centrality of negative emotions as a force that motivates and sustains conflicts between societies”
The unique effects of blatant dehumanization on attitudes and behavior towards Muslim refugees during the European ‘refugee crisis’ across four countries (2018, unknown): “…(Kteily et al., 2015), and political conservatism (Kteily et al., 2015; Kteily, Hodson, & Bruneau, 2016; Leidner, Castano, & Ginges, 2013; Maoz & McCauley, 2008), as well as measures of prejudice (Goff, Eberhardt, Williams, & Jackson, 2008; Goff, Jackson, Di Leone, Culotta, &…”
Social-Psychological Interventions for Intergroup Reconciliation: An Emotion Regulation Perspective (2016, background): “…show that the effect of intergroup emotions on aggressive and conciliatory intergroup attitudes goes above and beyond the effects of other prominent factors such as ideology (Halperin, Russell, Dweck, & Gross, 2011; Maoz & McCauley, 2008) and socioeconomic conditions (Maoz & McCauley, 2008).”
Dehumanization and infrahumanization. (2014, background): “Maoz & McCauley (2008) found greater tendencies to dehumanize Palestinians among Jewish participants who perceived them as a more severe threat, although dehumanization and threat represented partially distinct contributors to support for aggressive policies.”
Empathy: a motivated account. (2014, background): “Competition likewise increases moral disengagement among minimal groups (Rhodes & Brickman, 2011) and during violent conflicts (Leidner et al., 2010; Maoz & McCauley, 2008).”
Quest for significance and violent extremism : the case of domestic radicalization (2017, background): “For instance, when people felt uncertain they liked extreme protest groups more (Hogg, Meehan, & Farquharson, 2010), supported retaliatory aggressive state policies against outgroups (Maoz & McCauley, 2008), and were more willing to engage in radical social behavior (Hogg & Adelman, 2013).”
Socio-psychological barriers to peace making: An empirical examination within the Israeli Jewish Society (2011, background): “…the adversary (also defined as delegitimization), self moral glorification, a sense of victimhood, strong feelings of patriotism, helplessness and so on (see, as examples, the early work by Kelman, 1965 and White, 1970 and more recent work by Coleman, 2000; Eidelson, 2003; Maoz & McCauley, 2008).”