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Attracted to Conflict: Dynamic Foundations of Destructive Social Relations

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Abstract

The dynamical systems approach to conflict is relatively new, but it has deep roots in other orientations and research agendas. Particularly noteworthy are three very distinct areas of inquiry with equally distinct historical pedigrees: peace and conflict studies, social psychology, and complexity science. As the John Whiting quote implies, each of these traditions is valuable yet limited, focusing attention on particular aspects of the phenomenon, often at the expense of others. Considered together, however, these three lenses impose structure on the “chaos” of conflict, enabling the emergence of a unique and coherent perspective on the development, maintenance, and resolution of conflict in interpersonal, intergroup, and international relations.

“Theory is an arbitrary structure that we impose on chaos to make it meaningful and predictable”

John Whiting

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    Central to this was the development of the “mini-max” strategy, where negotiators strive to develop strategies that limit the alternatives available to their adversaries so that when their adversaries choose to minimize their maximum loss, they will inevitably choose an alternative that is good for their side.

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    Robin R. Vallacher

  2. International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Andrzej Nowak

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Peter T. Coleman

  4. International Center for Complexity and Conflict, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland

    Lan Bui-Wrzosinska

  5. Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, City University of New York Queens College, New York, USA

    Larry Liebovitch

  6. Economic and Organisational Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany

    Katharina G. Kugler

  7. School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA

    Andrea Bartoli

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Vallacher, R.R. et al. (2013). Origins: The Promise of Dynamical Systems Theory. In: Attracted to Conflict: Dynamic Foundations of Destructive Social Relations. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35280-5_2

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