Resistance to Repression and Violence - Global Psychological Perspectives

This volume gathers authors from 16 countries who analyze different forms and strategies of resistance in around twenty different contexts in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. They discuss a variety of settings, from cyberwars to civil wars, from police and state repression, to pogroms and genocide.

List of contents

• 1: Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Fouad Bou Zeineddine: Introduction: The Psychology of Resistance in Violent and Repressive Contexts


• Section I Resistance on the Streets: The Psychology of Protest in Violent and Repressive Contexts


• 2: Arin H. Ayanian, Nicole Tausch and Rim Saab: Social Psychological Processes Underlying Collective Action in Repressive Contexts: What We Know and Ways Forward for Future Research


• 3: Rim Saab, Arin H. Ayanian, Aya Adra and Vivienne Badaan: Social Psychological Dynamics of Repression and Resistance to Repression: Insights From the October 2019 Lebanese Uprising


• 4: Aya Adra and Mengyao Li: Macro-Level Repression and Micro-Level Paths to Political Resistance: A Dual Role Framework


• 5: Patricio Saavedra and John Drury: Understanding Protest Violence: From Protestersâ to Non-Participantsâ Support for Protest Violence


• 6: Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, Özden Melis UluÄ, Nevin Solak and Ercan Åen: Political Resistance in Turkey: How Resistance Is Experienced and How It Has Changed Over the Last Decade


• Section II Resistance off the Streets: The Psychology of Resistance Strategies Beyond Protest


• 7: Nima Orazani and Ali Teymoori: The Manifold Faces of Political Resistance: The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement


• 8: Helin Ünal and Canan CoÅkan: The Kurdish Struggle: Multiple Ways of Resisting in a Historically Oppressive Context


• 9: Johanna Ray Vollhardt and MichaÅ Bilewicz: Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust: Influences on the Choice Between Individual and Collective Resistance Strategies


• 10: Joshua Uyheng and Cristina Jayme Montiel: Digital Interfaces of Repression and Resistance


• Section III Resistance Situated: The Dynamic Psychology of Resistance in Repressive and Violent Contexts


• 11: Sigrun Marie Moss and Ubai Kamal Elgizouli: Expanding the Timeline of Resistance: Actively Including âthe Beforeâ in the Analysis of the Revolution in Sudan


• 12: Mai Albzour, Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Fouad Bou Zeineddine: Some Critical Notes on the Psychology of Palestinian Resistance: An Interview With Dr. Mai Albzour


• 13: Klara Jurstakova, Evangelos Ntontis and Dennis Nigbur: The Dynamics of Leadership and Resistance in Repressive Regimes: The Cases of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Polish Peopleâs Republic


• 14: Cristina Jayme Montiel, Junix Jerald I. Delos Santos and Joshua Uyheng: Gendering Democratic Resistance to Authoritarianism: Leni Robredoâs Presidential Campaign


• 15: Gustave Adolphe Messanga, Hermann Kevin Ekango Nzekaih, Willy Taffo Nemboué, Sonia Npiane Ngongueu, Sylvestre Nzeuta Lontio, Pamela Fotso Magne and Donald Brice Yoh Fopa: âThey Should Take Care of Themselves, We Have Our Own Problems!â: The Challenges of Sympathetic Resistance in Multi-Ethnic Authoritarian Contexts


• 16: Fouad Bou Zeineddine and Johanna Ray Vollhardt: The Psychology of Resistance in Violent and Repressive Contexts: A Conclusion and a Beginning

About the author

Fouad Bou Zeineddine is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich and Associate Editor for Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Previously, he was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology and held academic positions in Austria, Qatar, Egypt, and South Africa. His research focuses on the psychology of resistance and resilience, and how they relate to social dilemmas and socio-ecological systems. He also studies inequities in the systems of knowledge production in modern social science. He has published research on a variety of topics in biology, psychology, and political science.

Johanna Ray Vollhardt is Associate Professor of Psychology at Clark University. She is a co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology and has served as Vice President and on the Governing Council of the International Society of Political Psychology. Her research addresses how people make sense of their communities'

experiences of collective violence and oppression, and on the psychology of resistance during genocide and other violent, repressive contexts. She is a recipient of the International Society of Political Psychology's Erik Erikson Early Career Award and Best Dissertation Award, and the Gert Sommer Award for Peace Psychology.

Summary

Democratic backsliding, increased great power competition, hate speech and violence, mass atrocities and genocides, civil wars, revolution and counter-revolution, reactionary movements against women's and minority rights, advancements in surveillance, censorship, and policing technologies, and war--the 21st century has become increasingly repressive and dangerous for political participation across the globe. At the same time, there has been increased protest and a proliferation of resistance movements. This seeming paradox has raised many questions among publics, academics, and policy makers, including: What motivates people to resist at the risk of their lives and livelihoods? What actions do people choose to resist repression and oppression and why, and when do resistance strategies change? What causes people to come together or fall out over whether and how to resist? When and why does resistance under repressive conditions escalate or fade away?

This edited volume presents our current state of knowledge as well as new research and theorizing on these questions about the psychology of resistance in violent and repressive contexts. The chapters in this volume represent a broad range of diverse contexts and contemporary as well as historical experiences of repression, violence, and resistance in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America--from cyberwars to civil wars, from police and state repression to pogroms and genocide. Taken together, this volume highlights the importance of considering the sociopolitical and historical contexts of resistance, the heterogeneity and complexity of psychological paths to resistance, and the variety of strategies people adopt to enact resistance to violence and repression.

Product details

• Authors: Fouad Bou (EDT)/ Vollhardt Zeineddine
• Assisted by: Fouad Bou Zeineddine (Editor), Johanna Ray Vollhardt (Editor), Vollhardt Johanna Ray (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9780197687673
• ISBN: 978-0-19-768767-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social, group or collective psychology, Violence and abuse in society