What's so insidious about Peace, Love, and Understanding? A system justification perspective

John T. Jost; Chadly Stern; David A. Kalkstein

doi:10.1017/S0140525X12001252

What's so insidious about Peace, Love, and Understanding? A system justification perspective

John T. Jost, Chadly Stern, David A. Kalkstein

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Abstract

We agree that promoting intergroup harmony carries insidious, often unacknowledged, system-justifying consequences (sect. 4.1.3, para. 2) and identify several ways in which benevolent and complementary stereotypes, superordinate identification, intergroup contact, and prejudice reduction techniques can undermine social change motivation by reinforcing system-justifying beliefs. This may keep the peace, but it also prevents individuals and groups from tackling serious social problems, including inequality and oppression.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	438-439
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12001252
State	Published - Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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