Cultural Conceptions of Conflict and Variability in Conflict Boundaries—A Moroccan Example

Bibliographic Data

ID10071624
AuthorsDaisy Hilse Dwyer (Department of Anthropology Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume20
Issue4
Pages663-686
Publication date1976-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002200277602000405
OpenAlexW2124990996
LanguageEN
References cited20

Anthropologists and sociologists have long been concerned with the question of finding meaningful boundaries for social situations. This interest, however, has not been extended to the analysis of those highly complex and elusive interactional sequences-conflict situations. In this paper, an analytic unit—the conflict chain of events-and a process-redefinition-are presented as analytic constructs in order to tackle this problem. A more meaningful representation of conflict, one that reflects universal psychosocial processes and one that is responsive to culture-specific tendencies, is sought. Moroccan case material on interpersonal conflict is used to illustrate the approach

Conflict analysis · Conflict resolution · Conflict resolution research · Conflict theories · Cultural conflict · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Political science · Representation (politics · Social conflict · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology