Ethnic Conflict and Indoctrination

Download or read book Ethnic Conflict and Indoctrination written by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the current century, yet no satisfactory answer to the question of why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies that lead to inter-group hostility has so far been found. In this volume an international team of leading scientists from many different fields approach this complex issue from a biological perspective, treating indoctrinability as a predisposition that has its roots in humanity's evolutionary past.