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From extreme emotions to extreme actions: Explaining non-normative collective action and reconciliation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Allard R. Feddes ,
Liesbeth Mann  and
Bertjan Doosje
Allard R. Feddes
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Social Psychology Department, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.r.feddes@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.r.feddes/ l.mann@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/l.mann/ doosje@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.doosje/
Liesbeth Mann
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Social Psychology Department, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.r.feddes@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.r.feddes/ l.mann@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/l.mann/ doosje@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.doosje/
Bertjan Doosje
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Social Psychology Department, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.r.feddes@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.r.feddes/ l.mann@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/l.mann/ doosje@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.doosje/
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Abstract

A key argument of Dixon et al. in the target article is that prejudice reduction through intergroup contact and collective action work in opposite ways. We argue for a complementary approach focusing on extreme emotions to understand why people turn to non-normative collective action and to understand when and under what conditions extreme emotions may influence positive effects of contact on reconciliation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 432 - 433
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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