Abstract
This study focuses on an outburst of verbal violence that happened within an organized Jewish-Palestinian encounter dialogue aimed at improving the relations between the two groups. The turning point in this encounter occurred when a Palestinian female responded to the seemingly reconciliatory move of a Jewish male with a rethorical question that led to manifestations of hatred and verbal violence. From this point on, the conversation collapsed and turned into explosive discourse - exchanges of verbal violence. Through the description and analysis of these processes it might be possible to contribute to the understanding of routes that can cause outbursts of intergroup hatred and violence. One could perhaps learn from the micro-group experiences, how destructive events develop, and thereby better understand what could be done to prevent them.
Translated title of the contribution | "They understand only force" - The evolvement of verbal violence and explosive discourse in a Jewish-Palestinian dialogue |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 109-136 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |
Keywords
- Dialogue
- Explosive discourse
- Jews
- Palestinians
- Verbal violence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology