Experience of conflict across place, time, and culture

In: Peace and conflict: journal of peace psychology ; the journal of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 1-2

Abstract

Introduces the present issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. The articles in this issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, the first with American Psychological Association as its publisher, contribute to our understanding of conflict across place, time, and culture. The journal has a new look and size, but its mission -- to publish excellent articles that make a substantive contribution to the theory, method, and practice of peace psychology -- remains the same. Together, the eight articles in this issue contribute to the field of peace psychology using a rich variety of methods and approaches. While the first part addresses the collective experience of conflict through research with individuals, the second part focuses on an individual to understand a context in which oppression and violence were met with resilience, resistance, and commitment to societal change. All eight articles are attentive to specific places and times, and they each offer important ideas for peace and conflict. The issue concludes with two book reviews, one by Eran Halperin discussing The Nature of Hate by Robert Sternberg and Karin Sternberg (2009), and another by V. K. Kool and Rita Agrawal discussing nonviolence struggles as discussed in Howard Clark's (2009) edited book, People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity. Adapted from the source document.