Understanding Angry Groups

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Their Motivations and Effects on Society

Susan C. Cloninger and Steven A. Leibo, Editors With the assistance of Mohammad   Amjad

In today’s society, we see angry groups in many forms—from animal rights and climate crisis activists to citizens opposed to allowing more immigrants  of certain ethnicities or religions into the country, militia groups frustrated by acts of domestic terrorism and legislation that limits gun ownership and the ability to carry weapons in public, and those outraged by what they see as police brutality or the unnecessary use of deadly force against people of color.

 

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More than just evidence of civil unrest in society, angry groups across    history and nations often ultimately affect our politics and our government,    for better or worse, and sometimes result in injury, bloodshed, or financial costs that hit otherwise­ uninvolved taxpayers. This book demonstrates how people across our nation are involved in, affected by, or harmed by angry groups; covers historical and modern perspectives on angry groups; ands offer suggestions for predicting and influencing the expression of angry group behavior. It provides readers with an understanding of such conflicts and of their origins and dynamics that may offer insights to successful resolution,   and it identifies strategies that can reduce the suffering that comes from such  conflicts.

FEATURES

Presents angry group dynamics from various perspectives, ranging from individual personality to group behavior to mass social  movements

Draws expertise from diverse academic areas and presents information that will be accessible to anyone interested in history and the social and political   sciences

Connects with current societal and political issues that often receive attention in the news and popular media

Susan C. Cloninger, PhD, is professor emerita of psychology at The Sage Colleges, Troy and Albany, NY, where she taught for 36 years before retiring. She is author of Theories of Personality: Understanding Persons. Her interests  include applying psychological theories to the understanding of biography, the concept of the self, and other themes of personality­social psychology. She serves the mentally ill, formerly homeless population as a volunteer.

Steven A. Leibo, PhD, is professor of international history and politics at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, and associate in research at Harvard University. A former Fulbright Scholar, Leibo is the author of numerous books,  including the annual text East & Southeast Asia in the World Today series, Transferring Technology to China: Prosper Giquel and the Self­ -strengthening Movement, and the historical novels Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom & Beyond the Heavenly  Kingdom. He also serves as an international affairs commentator for WAMC Northeast Public Radio and holds the Sherman David Spector Chair in the Humanities at Russell Sage  College.

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Introduction                                                                                      ix

Susan C. Cloninger and Steven A. Leibo

Section 1    From the Social Sciences and the Humanities                 1

Chapter 1     The Role of Individual Differences in   Inciting

Anger and Social Action                                                      3

Donald A. Saucier, Russell J. Webster, Conor J. O’Dea, and Stuart S. Miller

Chapter 2  Attributions to Prejudice: Collective Anger

and Action                                                                    29

Stuart S. Miller, Amanda L. Martens, and Donald A. Saucier

Chapter 3            Moving Toward Extremism: Group Polarization

in the Laboratory and the World                                          53

Jarryd Willis

Chapter 4       The Anger of Women Warriors                              77

Kate Dahlstedt

Chapter 5       Warrior Rage: The Many Dimensions of

Anger in Our Military and Veterans                                      93

Kate Dahlstedt and Edward Tick

Chapter 6             “A Bad Counselor”: Anger in the Bible                                   111

David A. Salomon

Chapter 7       Anger and Conflict in Cinema                             131

Rob Edelman                                                                                                                 

vi Chapter 8		Anger, Connection, and Activism:	Contents
		Coming of Age in Harry Potter	143
		Sybillyn Jennings
Section 2		From a Historical to Geopolitical Context	167
	Chapter 9	Revolution, Emigration, and Anger:
		Angry Exile Groups in the Aftermath of
		the French and Russian Revolutions	169
		Frank Jacob
	Chapter 10	The Extreme Right and Neo-Nazism in
		the Post-War United States	189
		Ryan Shaffer
	Chapter 11	Fighting “The System”: The Turner Diaries	209
		Carmen Celestini
	Chapter 12	The Institutionalization of Political Anger:
		The Case of the Affordable Care  Act	225
		Terry Weiner
	Chapter 13	Anger and Political Action by
		Cubans in Florida since 1959	245
		Trevor Rubenzer
	Chapter 14	Nixon, Latin America, and the Politics of Anger	269
		Jeffry M. Cox
	Chapter 15	The Greeks Know Anger: The Causes and
		Consequences of the Continuing Crisis
		of Capitalism in the Eurozone South	287
		David L. Elliott
	Chapter 16	Environmental Conflict, Collective Anger,
		and Resolution: Strategies in the
		Niger Delta Conflict	309
		Olakunle M. Folami and Taiwo A. Olaiya
	Chapter 17	Anger and Politics in Iran	333
		Mohammad Amjad
	Chapter 18	Burning for Independence: Anger, Violence,
		and the Evolution of the Tibetan
0—		Independence Movement Jeannine Chandler	361
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Contents                                                                                vii

Chapter 19     The Role of Anger in the Radicalization of Terrorists                                                                                                  387

Cory Davenport

Conclusion                                                                                                   403

Steven A. Leibo and Susan C. Cloninger

About the Editors and Contributors                                                 407