Resolving Deep-Rooted Conflicts

This book is a collection of articles and essays by Professor Herbert C. Kelman, a leading figure in the conflict resolution community and one of the most influential peace researchers.

Professor Kelman, a social psychologist, has been a pioneer of conflict resolution and peace research, and his work in conflict resolution has included a decades-long action research program on the Arab-Israeli conflict which has seen the development of Interactive Problem-Solving Workshops, an approach which has had a deep impact not only on research, but also on the practice of conflict resolution around the world, and especially in the Middle East. Focusing on Kelman's conflict resolution-related work, this volume comprises an important collection of articles written by Kelman across his career as academic and practitioner. By bringing together these carefully selected articles the book offers a concise overview of the body of Kelman's work and his intellectual biography. It traces the origins of the field of conflict resolution, the development of the study and practice of Interactive Problem Solving Workshops, and the wider challenges faced by conflict resolution research and practice.

This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, conflict resolution, psychology and IR in general.

Introduction: 'Seek Peace and Pursue It', Werner Wintersteiner and Wilfried Graf

Essays on the Theory and Practice of Interactive Problem-Solving, Herbert C. Kelman

Part I: Peace Research: Historical Facts and Personal Experiences

1. Reflections on the History and Status of Peace Research

2. Dignity and Dehumanization: The Impact of the Holocaust on Central Themes of My Work

3. Violence without Moral Restraint: Reflections on the Dehumanization of Victims and Victimizers
Part II: Interactive Problem-Solving: Philosophy, History and Methodology

4. The Problem Solving Workshop in Conflict Resolution

5. Interactive Problem Solving: Changing Political Culture in the Pursuit of Conflict Resolution

6. Evaluating the Contributions of Interactive Problem Solving to the Resolution of Ethnonational Conflicts
Part III: Towards a Sustainable Peace

7. Building Trust Among Enemies: The Central Challenge for International Conflict Resolution

8. Coalitions Across Conflict Lines: The Interplay of Conflicts Within and Between the Israeli and Palestinian Communities

9. Reconciliation from A Social-Psychological Perspective