Talk:Daniel Bar-Tal

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 * Later he directed most of his attention to the study of the socio-psychological foundations and dynamics of intractable conflicts and peace building, including reconciliation. In the latter area, he studied how socio-psychological infrastructure evolve in times of intractable conflict that consists of shared societal beliefs of ethos of conflict, of collective memory, and emotional collective orientations. He examined their contents, acquisition, functions, societal mechanisms of their maintenance and institutionalization, as well as their contribution to the crystallization of social identity and development of culture of conflict during the conflict. Bar-Tal also researched socio-psychological barriers to conflict resolution and ways to overcome them. In this framework, he also examined the required changes in this socio-psychological repertoire for peacemaking and reconciliation. In addition, in order to understand maintenance of conflicts he studied acquisition of the conflict repertoire by children and adolescents. Within this scope of studies he developed with his collaborators theoretical frameworks for concepts like siege mentality, intractable conflict, security, patriotism, delegitimization, collective victimhood, ethos of conflict, collective emotional orientation, socio-psychological infrastructure, culture of conflict, coping psychologically with occupation, acquisition of intergroup psychological repertoire, transitional context, collective identity, reconciliation, culture of peace, barriers to peace making, and peace education. Altogether he has published over two hundreds articles and chapters in major social and political psychological journals, books and encyclopedias.


 * Of special importance in his professional life is founding in 1999 and leading a learning community. This community consists of 10-15 graduate students, mostly for doctoral degree, who come from different disciplines and different universities to carry their studies about conflict and their resolution. The learning community serves as a framework for learning, reflecting, debating, and developing; carrying conceptual and empirical studies; socialization for academic career and societal involvement; and for social support.