Violent America : : The Dynamics of Identity Politics in a Multiracial Society / / Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia.

In Violent America, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia counterintuitively analyzes why and how various ethno-racial groups proactively and instrumentally use different forms of violence to achieve their goals. Combining a historical analysis spanning the centuries with an examination of contemporary pr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (282 p.) :; 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note about Quotations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part 1 LESSONS FROM THE PAST
  • Introduction
  • 1. Violence as a Proactive Response to Adversity
  • 2. Violence as the Cause of Ethnoracial Identities
  • 3. From Past to Present Ethnoracial Identification Strategy
  • 4. The Dynamics of Contention
  • Part 2 CURRENT TRAJECTORIES OF VIOLENCE IN POST-RACIAL AMERICA
  • Introduction
  • 5. Two Tales of One Nation
  • 6. From Identity Politics to Ethnoracial Identity Crisis
  • 7. Centrifugal Dynamics of Ethnoracial Fragmentation
  • Part 3 CURRENT LESSONS FROM AMERICA
  • 8. Is a Violent Society America’s Only Possible Future?
  • 9. Is Violent America Europe’s Future?
  • Conclusion: Lessons for the Future
  • Notes
  • Index