Stereotypes and Prejudice in Conflict: Representations of Arabs in Israeli Jewish Society
Focusing on the issue of Arab representation in the Israeli-Jewish society, this study describes the negative intergroup psychological repertoire about the enemy (Arabs) that evolves in the context of intractable conflict (Arab-Israeli conflict). This analysis is of special importance because the negative psychological intergroup repertoire feeds the continuation of the conflict, and thus, serves as a major obstacle to conflict resolution and the peace making process. The major challenge of...
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Presents integrative conceptual frameworks used to analyse the representation of Arabs in Israeli Jewish Society.
1The psychological basis of intergroup relations202Psychological intergroup repertoire in intractable conflicts573The context : the Arab-Israeli intractable conflict924Representation of Arabs in public discourse1255Representation of Arabs in school textbooks1576Representation of Arabs in cultural products1777Representation of Arabs by Israeli Jews : review of empirical research2088The development of shared psychological intergroup repertoire in a conflict : theory and methods2319Studies with preschoolers26110Studies with schoolchildren, adolescents, and young adults29111The reflection of social images in human figure drawing32412Conclusions and implications375
\ From the Publisher"A genuine contribution to the field...I shall be citing the book often in my future writings on contact theory." Thomas F. Pettigrew, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz\ "Deals with an important issue...and presents a very impressive perspective. The approach is centrally relevant to issues here in the US, including racial stereotyping and, since 9/11, the perception of Muslims as terrorists....I'll be recommending it to both colleagues and students in the US and everywhere else." Philip A. Cowan, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkely\ "All educators, all politicians — in fact, everyone — should read this book." — Haaretz\ "An intelligent, timely, and useful discussion that involves the application of basic tenets of social psychology to a real-world problem of intergroup conflict....An invaluable read for anyone who has ever wondered why intergroup conflict is so difficult to tackle and why stereotypes and prejudice are so resistant to change. Readers of this book will gain a profound understanding about the nature of intergroup conflict and change." Contemporary Psychology\ "Bar-Tal and Teichman's book is the most extensive review and analysis of the recent social psychological literature on stereotypes and prejudice towards Arabs in the Israeli-Jewish society, especially among the younger generations." Israel Studies, Dan Bar-On, Ben Gurion University\ "I think that Bar-Tal and Teichman were very courageous to confront the Israeli-Jewish society, mirroring to us the depth and width of our own stereotypes and prejudices towards Arabs in general and toward the Palestinians in particular, which is partially based in conflict but also partially a product of our ignorance." Israel Studies, Dan Bar-On, Ben Gurion University\ "This book is the work of a lifetime. It clarifies prejudice. It can advance the peace process in the Middle East. It is of excellent scientific quality. It is socially highly relevant. It is in the heart of political psychology."\ Alexander George Award Committee\ "An impressive treatise on the Israeli/Palestine conflict. It should be read by scholars interested in this particular conflict and by psychologists interested in intractable conflicts." Political Psychology\ \ \
