From: "Rodney Coates" To: "revs@csf.colorado.edu" , "slein@e1m147.mpibpc.gwdg.de" Date: Fri, 05 Apr 96 14:34:54 +0 Reply-To: "Rodney Coates" Subject: Re: An Idea.. On Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:33:26 +0100, Stephan Leineweber wrote: > > > Hello to all: > >After dealing with the questinon of collective violence for a while I wonder >why we often not become aware of such incidents until its full eruption. >Each violent conflict develops/developed from a sequence of specific events. >It should be possible to detect those coherencies, which are likely to lead >into collective violence -- before being late. > >My idea is to track out the most common reasons, which raises/raised -apparent >unexpected- outburst of riots. A result could be a set of basic hypothesises >to dicuss.. > >This might be helpful to understand, foresee and possibly to mitigate imminent >atrocities. > >I suppose, that there are a number of comparable processes which refers to many >occurences throughout the history and today. > >What do YOU think ?? > > > Stephan L. > > There has been some work along these lines associated with the various riots and commissions (eg. Kerner Commission on Civil Unrest) in this country. This is a good idea..I wonder if through cross-cultural analysis we might come up with some universals... umoja Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes. African Proverb Without struggle there is no progress. Frederick Douglass The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steven Biko yours in the struggle Rodney D. Coates Director of Black World Studies Associate Professor of Sociology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 513 529-1235 email: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu