Durable peace requires transforming mindsets, not only weapons.

Evidence

If there is ever to be a durable peace and genuine reconciliation, what is really needed is the decommissioning of mind-sets in Northern Ireland. That means that trust and confidence must be built, over time, by actions in all parts of society. (Senator George Mitchell, Making peace, 1999, p. 37) The possibility that intergroup contact might be a means to improve intergroup relations can be traced to the work of Gordon Allport (1954). — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 6

Categorization

• SEED: The phrase ‘decommissioning of mind-sets’ is a strong metaphor worth unpacking in a piece on reconciliation — contrasting disarmament of weapons with disarmament of identity-based hostility.
• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s interest in glorification as a mind-set that must be reversed, and to Titunik’s point that group attachment mirrors his earlier reading. — connects to: Societies shape human nature toward peace or violence by cultural training — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 172; Whole nations have transformed from warlike to peaceful societies. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 176; Sacred values’ interpretive ambiguity allows peace-oriented reframing (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Whole nations have transformed from warlike to peaceful societies. #exemplifies (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 176
• Societies shape human nature toward peace or violence by cultural training #corroborates (0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 172
• Peace between civilizations requires proactive expansion of shared values #expands (0.75)
• Sacred values’ interpretive ambiguity allows peace-oriented reframing #expands (0.72)