Learning to Live Together - Overcoming Hatred and Violence in Children and Youth

Zusatztext Anyone living in a violent community can gain hope from this book, written for educationalists, parents, and community workers. Klappentext With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice! this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society. Discussing the psychological obstacles to peacefulrelations between groups! the authors focus on the developmental processes by which we can work to diminish ethnocentrism! prejudice! and hatred! which children learn from a very early age. Until now! scholarship and practice in international relations have gravely neglected crucial psychologicalaspects of these terrible problems and have not yet explored the educational opportunities related to them. Addressing these promising lines of inquiry and innovation! this book fosters a more humane and less violent development in childhood and adolescence. Educators! religious leaders! developmental and social psychologists! will find this a valuable resource! as will a socially concerned segment of the public who are looking for practical ways to work for peace. Zusammenfassung This title explores the psychological obstacles to peaceful relations between groups and focuses on the developmental processes by which we can diminish ethnocentrism, prejudice, and hatred, which children learn from a very early age.

Product details

• Authors: Beatrix A. Hamburg, Beatrix A. (Distinguished Visiting Scholar Hamburg, David A. Hamburg, David A./ Hamburg Hamburg, Hamburg Beatrix A., Hamburg David A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2004
• EAN: 9780195157796
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515779-6
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social groups, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Social groups, communities and identities