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Self-sacrifice for a cause: The role of ideas and beliefs in motivating human conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Jeremy Ginges  and
Crystal Shackleford
Jeremy Ginges
Affiliation:
New School for Social Research, New York, NY 10011. gingesj@newschool.edushacc319@newschool.eduhttps://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/Jeremy-Ginges/
Crystal Shackleford
Affiliation:
New School for Social Research, New York, NY 10011. gingesj@newschool.edushacc319@newschool.eduhttps://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/Jeremy-Ginges/
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Abstract

The role of ideas and beliefs is generally underplayed in Whitehouse's account. However, just as people may feel that their identity is fused with a collective, they may also feel that their identity is fused with an idea (god, history, justice), which can motivate the same type of behaviors that Whitehouse seeks to explain.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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