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Promoting Ethnic Harmony |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Rene V.L. Wadlow |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2005 |
| Size: 918 Words, 5,745 Characters |
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THE HANDBOOK OF INTERETHNIC COEXISTENCE
Edited by Eugene Weiner
New York: Continuum, 1998
653 pp., paperbook, $29.95
This review was written in mid-April 1999 when the Kosovo crisis was in full swing, underlining the importance of the three assumptions which form the basis of this useful collection of essays: "First is the assumption that irreconcilable differences and intractable conflicts must not be permitted to escalate into total conflict; second is our assumption that our human fate is ultimately indivisible; and third is the assumption that helping people...
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...enters, as well as the ability to play on the deeply rooted subconscious images of "the other"? This handbook is a useful tool, especially for those already aware of the theoretical literature. As the question of ethnic tensions is likely to grow in importance, it is necessary to widen the circle of those actively involved in conciliation efforts.
© 1999 International Journal on World Peace
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