A tradition of aggression normalizes renewed group violence
Evidence
A history of aggression as a way of dealing with conflict also contributes to the predisposition for group violence. It makes renewed aggression more ac ceptable, more normal. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 104
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Societies can socialize aggression out of prominence when it is devalued — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 167; Populations adapt to pervasive violence until it seems ordinary; Group violence arises from interacting cultural, situational, and motivational influences, not single causes — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 174 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Populations adapt to pervasive violence until it seems ordinary
#corroborates(0.88) - Cultures breed aggression where it is modeled, prestiged, and functionally rewarded
#expands(0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 162 - Societies can socialize aggression out of prominence when it is devalued
#complicates(0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 167 - Group violence can erupt without any prior history of animosity
#complicates(0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 655 - Assimilationist violence repeats across generations in new institutional forms
#exemplifies(0.78) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 149 - Group violence arises from interacting cultural, situational, and motivational influences, not single causes
#qualifies(0.74) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 174 - Cultural beliefs about supernatural punishment can suppress aggression into adulthood
#qualifies(0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 169