Groups to Resolve Conflicts Between Groups: Diplomacy with a Therapeutic Dimension |
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Authors: | Bertram D Cohen |
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Institution: | (1) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Joint Faculty, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, N.J. |
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Abstract: | The group self, an individual's self-perception as a member of a group, is distinguished from the group's self, a personification of the group as a person with a self. The perceived group's self of an opposing other group is often a repository for attributes group members are not ready to recognize in their own group's self. Theoretically, the need for an adversarial other to hold one's own group's unwanted attributes—and thus to complete one's own group's self—contributes, however unconsciously, to the apparent intractability of intergroup disputes. In dealing with these issues, I compare intergroup conflict resolution (ICR) groups with therapy groups, on the one hand, and advocacy groups on the other. All of this sets the stage for a presentation of two ICR projects and their analysis in group-developmental terms. |
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Keywords: | group self conflict resolution Track II diplomacy group development |
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