Suspended ethnic hatreds revived rather than being consumed by war
Evidence
Yet the tempestuous climate of the early twenties is not to be accounted for simply as a resumption of storms after a temporary lull. The very fact that the lull did prove temporary, that old hatreds came to life after the war instead of being consumed by it, needs explanation. In some degree the causes lay in the objective circumstances of 1920. That year, as part of a general adjustment to peacetime conditions, two factors which time and again in American history had encouraged anti-foreign outbreaks vividly reappeared. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1605
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Wartime conformity demands persisted into peace and drove postwar xenophobia — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1323; In modern war, hatred shifts from individuals to nations, standing in for personal enmity — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 1032; Historical writing can either correct or intensify group hatred — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1044 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Groups reattached war-cultivated solidarity to new enemies after the old one vanished
#corroborates(0.82) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1324 - In modern war, hatred shifts from individuals to nations, standing in for personal enmity
#expands(0.80) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 1032 - Hatred differs from anger in duration, targets groups, and feels morally justified
#expands(0.78) - Racist violence returns in replay because it resists narrative closure
#corroborates(0.78) - Historical grievances alone cannot explain the timing of ethnic violence’s resurgence
#corroborates(0.75) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 720 - Official nationalism redirected resentment onto imported ethnic minorities
#exemplifies(0.75) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 382 - Historical writing can either correct or intensify group hatred
#qualifies(0.72) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1044 - War serves nationalist ends even when unwinnable
#expands(0.72) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 269