The Vilification of Arabs and Muslims

ISBN-13: 9783639175653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 100 str.

Elizabeth White

Opis

Conflict between groups does not arise in a vacuum. To the contrary, conflicts- especially those that areenduring and seemingly intractable- are embedded inan information-rich context, often with a long andcomplicated history characterized by multiple forcesoperating at different levels of analysis (economic,political, religious, interpersonal). Yetparticipants and outside observers are rarelyoverwhelmed by such complexity and ambiguity,adopting instead a coherent depiction of theconflict, often with an unequivocal allocation ofblame to one side or the other. While we may know thefinal judgments of third party observers, it is notalways clear how people arrive at these judgments. This work attempts to explain why people arrive atvastly different conclusions regarding blame whenobserving an ambiguous and complex situation ofconflict. More specifically, it looks at popularmisconceptions and stereotypes of Islam and seeks toexplain how anti-Muslim prejudice has come tostrongly influence perceptions of blame in real-worldconflicts involving Arabs or Muslims.

O autorze

Elizabeth White obtained her Ph.D. in Social/Personality
Psychology from Florida Atlantic University in 2008. This work
was part of her research conducted at FAU. She currently resides
in south Florida where she is the Psychology instructor at Pine
Crest Preparatory School in Fort Lauderdale.