The Order of Victimhood by Sarah E. Jankowitz

Author:Sarah E. Jankowitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783319983288
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

These intergroup interactions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours towards out-groups which characterise them are a function of a particular social structure: ‘Perceptions of what is just … rely on the symbolic lenses of people in conflict’ (Schirch 2001, 147). In other words, although it is individuals who commit acts of violence, that violence ‘is initiated and carried out within a social system … the social system provides the rationales and the justifications for the violence’ (Bar-Tal 2003, 79 ). Intergroup violence, then, motivates groups to act collectively and justifies in-group actions towards the out-group by heightening group identifications and creating a group-serving lens for interpreting the circumstances. It is for this reason that an intergroup relations perspective is crucial to our examination of ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ constructions in efforts to build peace.

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