Humiliation and the inertia effect: Implications for understanding violence and compromise in intractable intergroup conflicts

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Ginges, Jeremy ^a   Atran, Scott ^b,c,d  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Humiliation; Political; Terrorism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849162171     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853708X358182     Document Type: Article

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